Albums
- The Suburbs - Arcade Fire
- Postcards From A Young Man - Manic Street Preachers
- Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You - Lightspeed Champion
- Contra - Vampire Weekend
- Butterfly House - The Coral--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Films
- Toy Story 3
- Four Lions
- A Single Man- Anvil - The True Story of Anvil
- Cemetery Junction
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TV
- A History of Horror with Mark Gattis - BBC4
- The Trip - BBC2
- Mad Men (Season 4) - BBC4
- Sherlock - BBC1
- An Idiot Abroard - Sky1
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Heroes
- Lionel Messi
- Julian Assange
- Nicky Wire
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Villains
- Nick Clegg
- David Cameron
- Rev Terry Jones
- Sepp Blatter
- Kim Jong-Il
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News Events
- 33 Chilean miners trapped after the collapse of the San José mine are rescued successfully.
- The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the largest in human history, occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Widespread flooding in Pakistan kills over 1600 and displaces millions from their homes.
- North Korea shells South Korean Yeonpyeong Island, escalating tensions between the two nations.- The UK General Election produces 'no winner' with the first non-majority result since 1974.
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Sporting Events
- Chelsea win a League and FA Cup 'Double' (only the 7th team to do so).
- John Isner beats Nicolas Mahut 70-68 in the final set of the longest Tennis match in history at Wimbledon.
- Graeme McDowell beats Hunter Mahan in the final singles match as Europe defeat the United States 14½-13½ to regain the Ryder Cup.
- At 52, Steve Davis beats reigning Champion John Higgins, in the 2nd Round of the Snooker World Championship at the Crucible, to become the oldest Quarter-Finalist since Eddie Charlton in 1983.
- Germany destroy a much fancied Argentina side, including Lionel Messi, 4-0 in the Quarter-Finals of the Football World Cup.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal Events
- Seeing The Libertines perform at the Reading Festival.
- Watching Germany's World Cup defeat of Argentina at Old Street's Bavarian Beerhouse
- #moktoberfest2
- Taking and passing my First Aid Course.
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