A hard rain's a gonna fall

Stuck in the house? Nothing to do but wait until the sun shines again? Or just waiting for the start of term? Well then, a few suggestions from The Guardian to while away those summertime blues.
Over the next 13 weeks (11 actually, we're a fortnight behind) Guardian Books will be podcasting (doh!) Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver. Read by Sir Ian McKellen no less. This should keep you all going until Deathly Hallows kicks in.
http://books.guardian.co.uk/wolfbrother


1000 Films Too See Before You Die is a partwork which has been appearing in The Guardian this week. Someone on their film blog (doh!) suggests that it would take about 80 days to watch all of them. I reckon if you cut out the foreign language stuff (unless it's badly dubbed then, that's OK), you'll be able to whack through the rest by the 13th of August. And still have time to listen to Ian McKellen...
http://film.guardian.co.uk/1000films/