2012 Review of the Year

I don't know if it's understandable or not but, if I'm honest, I really don't feel in the mood for this piece of mock-Oscar nonsense this year.

There you go. Tone of voice. Dead give away really.

Partly, the thought is that my energies have simply been elsewhere this year and so the material is just not available to make the format worthwhile. Partly, the thought is that simply my energies are elsewhere.

However, just to keep the tradition alive, I'm going to simply offer up the things that I've liked best without any rationales behind the decisions.

The Arts

Best Film

Skyfall

and

Looper

Best Theatrical Event

The Curious Incident

Best Media Programme

The Bridge on BBC4

Best Operatic Event

Götterdämmerung

Best Music Event

Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony Leningrad

and

Paul Lewis Schubert recital

Best Exhibition

Works by John Kirby

and

Medieval art in Pickering

Social

Best Peak Experience

The Olympics

Best Thing Round the House

My dad in the back garden

Best Meal

Radio 4's Cook the Perfect

Special Award

Graduation