Matilda: very patchy and strangely lacking in pizazz. Great performances, great design, bad script

Half time at #Matilda. Rhyme of the evening: 'miracle' with 'umbilical'

At Matilda the Musical with all the other sheepish-looking twenty-somethings

Weirdly compelling blog-as-photo-essay: fortheloveofnike.com/2012/02/07/bre… #houndstooth

Bridesmaids +Up In The Air + a dash of Juno = Young Adult. That probably makes it sound better that it is #films

Looking forward to the last episode of Putin, Russia and the West tonight: bit.ly/weokbj. Best thing on TV

Don't get Dickens. Good writer in patches, but how can anyone find him emotionally affecting?

My review of @alaindebotton's Religion for Atheists: telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/…

@annaleikkari Yeah I know those guys - my friends at 5x15 did something with them. I'm not sure I'd be much of a draw...

"Warning: Romney Is A Stronger Candidate Than You Think" bit.ly/wPqRU3

The Leonardo exhibition. So close yet so far: twitpic.com/8dn80s

New blogpost: if we ignore Iran, they'll eventually go away rowlandmanthorpe.com/blog/2012/01/i…

Editing a Zimbabwean guy's PhD, I deleted a military analogy as inappropriate. Next sentence: "When I was fighting in Mozambique..." #okthen

Most important finding from reports of SOTU so far: …sadelauroisafuckinghipster.tumblr.com

@archiebland I'm thinking of going full time catching up with my New Yorkers

@philosophytweet Without linking to other websites?

Richard Branson sounds just like Tony Blair. Same strangely engaging mix of hesitancy and urgency #itmustbethedrugs

@archiebland re. GOP & Hispanics, newyorker.com/reporting/2012…. Good piece on Marco Rubio.

And what Obama should say: andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/01/tax-re… #ifonly

Behind-the-scenes video of the writing of the State of the Union: whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/01/2… #shameitspastmybedtime