UK-centric list of links relating to films, genre television, books &
contemporary classical music
Latest update: 1 new link added under tv (17 April 2005)
Films
Academy Awards (Oscars)
The official website for the Oscars. Nominations announced in January, winners in February. The site has an archive of past winners for film trivia lovers
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA)
British film awards, winners announced in February
Cambridge Film Festival
Held annually in July
Cannes Film Festival: English language version
Cannes film festival, including archive of past Palme d'Or & Jury selections back to 1946!
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival: English version
The premier short film festival, held in late Jan -- early Feb
Golden Globes
US film awards, winners announced on in January. Largely of interest outside the US as (supposedly) the best predictors for the better-known Oscars
Guardian Unlimited: Films
Film reviews from the Guardian and the Observer, plus very useful 'what's on near me?' function
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Everything you ever wanted to know about films, but never dared ask…
Moviebus
Upcoming films with release dates, including UK
Online Film Critics Association (OCFS)
Easy-to-navigate site with loads & loads of film reviews, mainly from US critics
The Movie Times Top-grossing Films Worldwide
Regularly updated list of 140 or so films with the highest box office returns worldwide. Includes budget information
Genre television
City of Angel
Angel episode guide, with reviews. The latter are on the sycophantic side, but CoA remains one of the very few still up & running
Jammer's Reviews
Star Trek reviews; the only site I know with reviews for all seasons of DS9
Outpost Gallifrey
Episode guides, screen caps, forums, news & reviews of Doctor Who, new & old
Books
Arthur C Clarke Awards
Judged awards for science fiction first published in the UK; established 1986 and run by the British Science Fiction Society. Recommended to me for selecting interesting rather than popular books. The site is a bit hard to navigate, but the winners list is here
Bible: Revised Standard Version
Searchable version of the RSV Bible
Discovering Dickens
Online facsimiles (PDF) of the original serial publications; currently Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities; in 2005, Hard Times
Four Quartets
Online edition of TS Eliot's 'Four Quartets' with notes
Internet Public Library
Useful resource for finding e-texts
Man Booker Prize
Official site of the Man Booker Prize for novel-length fiction in English written by Commonwealth/RoI author. Site contains archive of past shortlists
OneLook Dictionary
Online meta-dictionary which indexes 970 online dictionaries and offers a reverse look-up on definitions
Online Books
Useful resource for finding e-texts
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: large, growing archive of e-texts, now with text search
Riddley Walker Annotations
Annotations for the post-apocalyptic novel by Russell Hoban
Sherlock Holmes
Complete illustrated online edition of Sherlock Holmes
The Elements of Style
Online version of one of the most usable grammar and style guides, by William Strunk, Jr; biased towards American usage
The Wasteland
Online edition of TS Eliot's 'The Wasteland' with notes
Thesaurus.com
Online thesaurus search with Roget's New Millenium Thesaurus
War Poems
Online edition of Wilfred Owen's War Poems, including manuscript facsimiles
World Wide Words
Large database of etymologies for words and phrases, compiled by one of the contributors to the OED & Oxford Dictionary of New Words
Classical & contemporary classical music
Barbican Centre, London
The Barbican Centre hosts the majority of 'contemporary classical' concerts in the UK
Boosey & Hawkes Composers
Includes (past & future) performance search
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Home of the Halle & the BBC Philharmonic
Concert Diary
International classical concert diary
Earbox: John Adams
John Adams' home page, with works list and discography
ECM Records
Good record label for 'contemporary classical'
Graham Fitkin
Graham Fitkin's flash-happy home page
Gramophone Magazine
Classical CD reviews
Nonesuch
Record label for 'contemporary classical'. Includes biographies and tour dates for their composer list. Note: their low-bandwidth option doesn't seem to work properly
Proms
The London Proms guide
Steve Reich
Steve Reich's home page, with concert listing, discography and news