I've joined the rest of the world in seeing The Da Vinci Code today - having never got round to reading the book. And it was exactly what it purported to be - a fun thriller film with one of the best lines in recent cinematic history (I've got to get to a library!) and villainous monks. I don't really have much time for the critics who slated it because, of course, no critic worth his or her salt would endorse such a popcorn-perfect piece of populist hype.

Of course it's fiction. So is the Bible, although the latter has by far the larger body count and glaring plot holes. I really wish that this film did better than that sinister Narnia blockbuster, although sadly I don't think it will.

Incidentally, on the way out of the cinema we ran into a congregation from the Science faculty. Ms Taylor has been duly added to the list of occasional blog watchers, which just demonstrates that people will read anything these days

Oh, and I did quite enjoy the world 'jpeg' [sic] being part of the French subtitles. What is Le JPEG is French exactly?