I thought I’d log all my media consumption in 2021.

I only included films and complete TV series that I’d watched for the first time, or was rewatching for the first time in a long time. I’d probably have done the same with books, but I barely have the time to reread a book these days.

Anecdotally, I know I’m not alone in feeling my concentration and powers of focus have taken a massive hit during the pandemic; this is certainly reflected in the fact that my usual ‘upwards of fifty’ number of books sits at a mere 24 for last year.

I suppose my first order of business in 2022 should be to break the habit of doom scrolling through news feeds on social media as it is clearly damaging my attention span.

Anyway, at the close of play on 31st December, I had consumed –

• 21 TV series
• 24 books
• 46 films.

Should you be so inclined, I’ve PDFed my reviews, and the first page or so of each of the files will give you the titles of the media from above, in case you are the kind of person who gets stuck trying to decide what to watch on Netflix.

If you decide to venture on past the contents page, bear in mind that these were written for myself, so any in-jokes or weird references you don’t get will be down to that.

(As will any foul language or random ranting, but I’m fairly sure I didn’t get up to too much of that.)