Category: Culture

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    James Bond is back

    Daniel Craig will be donning the tux and holster again. He confirmed it to Stephen Colbert on The Late Show last night in the USA. After admitting he had “been cagey” with interviewers all day, Mr Craig gave Mr Colbert and his cheering audience the “scoop” that he has signed on for another film as…

  • The queen is dead, long live the queen

    There can be no question, Cersei Lannister is the queen bitch of Westeros. But she only just inherited the title. Before I go further, there are spoilers here. If you have issues with that I refer you to my previous post on spoiler rules. Anyway, this week we saw the passing of Lady Olenna Tyrell,…

  • Superman vs the unwelcome moustache?

    This is without doubt my favourite news story of the day; Henry Cavill’s moustache is having to be digitally removed from the upcoming Justice League film. How good is that? The story goes that reshoots for the Justice League movie are currently running late and costing the studio, Warner Bros, lots of money. That reshoots…

  • Kingsman 2: The Golden Circle – New trailer

    There is a new trailer out for the next Kingsman film and I, for one, am very excited. The first Kingsman film was something of a sleeper smash for me. I had read Mark Millar’s The Secret Service: Kingsman graphic novel and thoroughly enjoyed it, but I had my concerns about the film. Matthew Vaughn,…

  • Sartorial on screen: The Talented Mr Ripley

    Summer is here and that can provide some styling issues for gents, particularly in the UK. I won’t lie, I consider summer styling a challenge – but I am not a fashionista by any means. Looking sharp in winter is easier, layers work well and you are not likely to get the issue with heat…

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    The future of print, according to The Rake

    The argument over the future of print and how it can survive the current digital boom is one I am well acquainted with. In a world where everything is instant, how does print fit into the market? I was recently reading The Rake and the magazine’s founder Wei Koh has put perfectly how and why…

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    The Doctor is in

    Doctor Who has unveiled its first female Doctor – and if you listen very carefully, you can hear the sound of nothing changing. On Sunday Broadchurch actress Jodie Whittaker was revealed as the actor who will take over from Peter Capaldi, thereby becoming the 13th Doctor. I will lay my stand out early, I have…

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    Game of Thrones: My top 5 moments

    Game of Thrones is back. I am not going to lie, I am very excited by this. I joined the GoT craze late, binge-read the books and then stuck with the TV series when it went solo. To be honest I’m still not over some of the developments which have come about through the TV…

  • Discovering AA Gill

    Someone far wiser than me once said that many people are often not appreciated in their own time. I would imagine, in this age of instant knowledge and social media that this is truer now than ever. If I see a name trending on Twitter or Facebook, my automatic fear is that the person in…

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    Madden’s Law on spoilers

    MADDEN’S Law: After any culturally significant event, such as the release of a film or TV show, there will be an agreed “spoiler-free” cooling off period. After that time those who have seen it may discuss it freely and it becomes the duty of those who have not to avoid spoilers. The cooling off periods…