Archive for September, 2011

The other Kate Solomons

Posted on September 6th, 2011

Occasionally, it’s nice to check in on the other Kate Solomons. But it’s best not to do this too often because I always end up with a severe case of life envy. Here’s why: Kate Solomon the film producer It’s easy to be a little bit jealous of Alternakate number one. I, for one, envy anyone with an IMDB profile. But not only is Kate Solomon The Film Producer (KSTFP) a film producer, she’s a very glam and gorgeous one whose career is obviously on the up. She was recently named one of BAFTA’s 45 Brits to Watch after working on two films with Paul Greengrass (United 93 and Green Zone). She’s now “developing projects” with Working Title and Film 4. Those are both…

On buying a house

Posted on September 5th, 2011

Before you buy a house, you will hear old wives’ tales and made up statistics about how it’s the most stressful thing you can do in life. Pah, you may say. I buy stuff all the time. Hell, I even bought a car/three-seat sofa/plasma TV/holiday and that cost multiple thousands of pounds. No way can buying a house be more stressful than that. Soon you’ll realise that you were wrong. First, the hunt. You find a house you like the look of online and visit it. It is either a poky little hovel that has been Photoshopped into looking like a halfway acceptable home, or it’s the most perfect thing you ever saw in your life and you’ll feel that without owning this house…