Category: Culture
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Mary Earps, Nike & how to miss an open goal
To call Nike’s decision to release Mary Earp’s jersey a “u-turn” does not do justice to the very public clusterf*ck the brand has created
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2022: The List
At the end of the year, I like to go back through photos, notebooks, diaries and the like to remember the highlights of the past 12 months – both big and small. In some cases these moments are intensely personal, sometimes they are big, bold moments that I shared with many others, either directly or…
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Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever – Marvel Phase 4 gets its groove back
The second Black Panther film has arrived. In the wake of the sad loss of lead actor Chadwick Boseman, the history-making franchise dusts itself off and moves forward – and it does so with great style and grace. Before I go on, I should preface this with two admissions. Firstly, there will be spoilers. We…
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Sneak Peek: Mark Millar’s Prodigy 2
I don’t talk about comics much on this blog, but they are one of my favourite ways to escape and unwind. When S and I head up to London, Forbidden Planet is among the sites we often stop off at for a browse and to find something new. A while back, I picked up the…
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Tom Holland & Zendaya are slamming the boy-girl height issue
Whether the arrival of the next Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, interests you or not, you are unlikely to have been able to avoid the numerous photos on social media and on news sites of the internet’s current favourite couple – Tom Holland and Zendaya. Not only are they an adorable pair, but they…
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See the Fantastic Beasts 3 Trailer
The new film from those folks over at the Wizarding World is coming. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is set to continue next April, delving further into the battle between Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) and the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) – and the adventures of Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) as he is…
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Operation Fortune: Guy Ritchie takes on Bond – Trailer
The trailer for the new Guy Ritchie film, Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, has landed. The film focuses on the adventures of super-spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) as he goes toe-to-toe with billionaire arms dealer Greg Simmonds (High Grant). Judging by the first trailer, this film promises everything you could want from Guy Ritchiee, who…
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Millennial Gent Year 4 – Introducing Short Man Style
I can’t quite believe it’s been four years since I started this blog. In the last few weeks I’ve been pretty quiet as work and the rest of life got in the way, but if ever there was a time to get my stuff in order again then it is now. And I have some…
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Lupin is Netflix’s best show right now
Netflix’s new show Lupin has dropped and I cannot recommend it highly enough. I love the Arsène Lupin character. He is a gentleman thief, who was created in the early 20th century by autho Maurice LeBlanc. Very much in the mould of AJ Raffles and Rocambole, Lupin featured in a series of novels and novellas…
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Don’t be a d*ck online
“It’s a shame we even have to discuss.” That was Will Smith’s reflection in his song If You Can’t Dance (Slide) from his 2006 album Lost & Found. What followed was advice for dancing which still rings true today: There’s no lip biting or pelvic thrusts, I mean, you think that move will put the…
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