Author: Chris Mads

  • Deadpool: Meet Cable

    Don’t say I don’t do anything for you. Find yourself a comfy seat and kick back for a few minutes with the new Deadpool trailer. We get a look at Josh Brolin as Cable (yep, the same Josh Brolin as is playing Thanos Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War films), Ryan Reynolds is at his hilarious best…

  • Harry Potter has given us a style icon

    I think I’ve stumbled across a new style icon without really realising it. The silver screen has offered us a fair few sartorial leaders over the years. Names that spring to mind include Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair – and everything else, Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada, Audrey Hepburn…

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    31 things I’ve learned

    I’m turning 31 today. I figure in the last three decades I must have learned something useful on top of the multitude of interesting but somewhat impractical academia. So here goes, I am going to get all Baz Luhrmann on my experiences and see what I can come up with. Take responsibility for your actions…

  • Solo: A Star Wars Story – first look trailer

    “I’ve been running scams on the streets since I was 10…” And with that we launch into the first look at the latest installment in the ongoing stories of the extended Star Wars universe. Solo: A Star Wars Story lands this May and this trailer will get people talking. Our last visit to “a long…

  • 60 minutes in Stockholm

    I’m all at sea today. Well sort of. If I’m honest I’m currently sat in a hotel in Dubai which is a far-cry from the photo above, but that is the nature of this job sometimes. I spent much of this week on a whistlestop tour of the Nordics and have just touched down in…

  • Getting stuck in the office kitchen

    If you work in an office you will be well aware of the perils of the dreaded office kitchen. It is a melting pot of pointless conversations, social awkwardness, passive aggressive post-it notes and magically disappearing milk. Some people use it as a refuge to escape their desk for a moment, but others desperately try…

  • 60 minutes in Helsink

    Next stop on the whistlestop tour round the Nordic and Baltic region – Finland. I arrived in Helsinki late last night on a quick-hop ferry from Tallin. There was just time for a quick dinner and a few drinks before hitting the sack. This morning I had an hour to kill wandering around the city…

  • 90 minutes in Tallin

    I touched down in Tallin this afternoon as part of a work trip. One of the weird aspects of this job is that I often get to fly out to cool places but then have little time (or in some cases no time) to look around. On arrival in Tallin I had two work meetings…

  • Groom it like Beckham

    “For me, grooming is not about how you look, but how you feel.” This is how David Beckham has introduced his new skincare range. After many years atop the style lists, Beckham has decided to put his face at the forefront of his own skincare and grooming brand – House 99. Celebrities on skincare and…

  • Grabbing a Brazilian

    What could be better on a cold winter’s night than a little taste of Brazil to warm you up? Cabana restaurant at Westfield Stratford is a lovely “shack” in the restaurant section. As you wander through it has a little glow and inside the beach hut decor of wood and bright colours puts away all…