Well… tourism… the film industry… making people lots of cash… Just spent the weekend in London… and on Saturday I went to the Tower of London (2 for 1 if you go by train!). It’s an awesome place, with so much to see and, obviously, so much history. Watched Troy at night… was bitterly disappointed with it when I saw it in the cinema, not as bad this time round, as I expected it to be poor.

Tower of London. Troy. Iraq. The link? Is military might all that we really recognise? History is fascinating. Always loved the big stories, especially the battles. The Tower is most impressive, although Caernarfon Castle rocks more so! Troy wasn’t as bad as I remembered it to be… It is such an epic story, one of my faves. Yet Achilles is so wooden – perhaps he is meant to be (an early Terminator?!). Hector seems to have it more together, going someway to redeem the film. Paris is weak – hardly a prize catch. Alexander, Arthur – epic stories ruined on the big screen. Even the ‘epics’ produced in the 60s were much better… Hannibal & Cleopatra, Spartacus, 300 Spartans!

Yet story, myth, legend, is so powerful… Sacrifice, honour and pride – or greed, power and wealth… depending on which side you are on.