The Latest Doctor Who When Matt Smith announced that he was hanging up his sonic screwdriver and leaving Doctor Who it left a big whole in the series, and Whovians were desperately hoping that whoever took on the role could live up to the expectations they have of what makes a great Doctor. For me, the… Read More »
Will 50 Shades Send You To Hospital? 2013’s publishing sensation, Fifty Shades Of Grey, has now become 50 Shades Of Grey – The Movie. With three Christian Grey books in the series you can bet on 50 Shades Of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed all being made into films to make a… Read More »
Breaking Bad Gifts Breaking Bad is still the top TV show at the moment on Netflix, with fans completely absorbed in the world of meth cooking, cross border drug running and money laundering. Breaking Bad does a great job of making really sympathetic characters do terrible things, but you still care about them, rather like… Read More »
The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry is a surprising and delightful book. It is at times, a funny, sad, poignant, depressing, shocking and uplifting read. It was chosen by my book group as it was a Man Booker Prize Nominee in 2012 and I first feared it might be a bit too twee for my… Read More »
Family Film Night At Christmas Every Christmas we set aside a day to gather together as a family, lounge about in our pajamas and enjoy Christmas films together. We might engage in some Christmas card writing or gift wrapping, but mostly, we’re all broccoli on the sofa, with the fire roaring, enjoying being together. When… Read More »
Banksy is the most popular street artist at the moment, possibly the most successful graffiti artist of all time. Whilst you can wait around to see if he’ll pain the side of your house overnight, making you a millionaire by breakfast, you’ll have more luck decorating your home with Banksy art prints, and decals. Banksy’s… Read More »
David Tennant (Dr Who, Hamlet ) leads the cast in ITV’s gripping Broadchurch. The first season was an eight part serial about the suspicious death of schoolboy Danny Latimer. A sleepy seaside resort town wakes up to discover the body of a young boy on the beach, below the imposing cliffs of the Jurassic Coast. We… Read More »
The murder of President Kennedy remains a terrible moment in American and World history. It still resonates now, fifty years on. I’ve read plenty on the subject and much that is published as fact is pure fiction. Stephen King takes a bold approach with a fictional account of what could have happened in Dealey Plaza,… Read More »
I was given a copy of All Quiet On The Western Front when I was seventeen, and had a long summer ahead of me before my last year at school. I was given a few classic novels, along with the suggestion that it would be good to have read some great literature before going to… Read More »
I love Rocky III , but perhaps not for the reasons the film makers intended. It’s one of the funniest films I’ve ever seen, and I can’t watch it without collapsing into fits of giggles. Back in the heady days of the late ’70’s I’d loved Rocky, the heroic story of a young, struggling man beating… Read More »