Category: Culture

  • The best teachers on TV and film

    We all had that one teacher at school who inspired us – one way or another. For me it was Clive Marshall, he was the English and sports teacher at my junior school and somehow decided I (as a chubby and fronting 12 year-old) was perfectly placed to join his rugby team and be a…

  • Lockdown Library: My Reading List

    The ongoing lockdown in the UK has given lots of us time to catch up on the things which we normally just do not make time for. My house, for example, has never been this clean. S and I were supposed to have flown to Australia and Singapore for a three-week trip a week after…

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    Talking film with Hakuna MaChatter

    In the first of a new series, we sit down with another blogger or expert, to discuss their field of choice and what tips they can offer the rest of us. Like me, many of you are spending a lot of time at home right now and I suspect the TV is getting quite a…

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    11 PS4 games you can get with 70% off today

    Most of us are currently cooped up at home – or largely avoiding social contact – as the Coronavirus pandemic takes a wider and wider hold around the world. While emergency services staff and key workers put in heroic shifts to keep the country safe and running, the best thing that most of us can…

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    Megxit is coming – and I don’t care

    The world is burning, World War III is trying to kick off and Hollywood is being called out for woke hypocrisy – but the world is going nuts over Harry and Meghan’s retirement. So far, it has sparked two hashtags, endless column inches and enough Twitter outrage to keep Piers Morgan happy for a short…

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    Who watches The Witcher?

    Who watches The Witcher? Well, lots of people, and quite right too. Into the gaping hole which Game of Thrones left in many of our televisual lives, Netflix has thrust The Witcher. This eight-part series debuted on December 20 and I, like many others, have devoured the whole lot and am sat ready for more.…

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    Things to look forward to in 2020

    2020 is here and we have an exciting 12 months ahead of us. With the Tokyo Olympics, Euro 2020, a US Presidential Election and Brexit, the year is already shaping up to be a rollercoaster. But there are also a fair few things which may have slipped under you radar on the way in 2020.…

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    Millennial Gent Awards 2019

    We have reached the end of 2019 and 2020 has dawned. So it’s time for a very swift look back at the year that was – and what we can learn from those people who took the ride with us. Hardest Worker in the Room – Dwayne Johnson The artist formerly known as The Rock…

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    A night with Jeff Goldblum at Pryzm

    Jeff Goldblum is in his element. Sharply dressed, the Hollywood megastar is holding court in front of a packed ballroom at Kingston’s Pryzm nightclub. “Thank you all for coming out tonight to Pryzm,” he purrs, before greeting a lady in the front row: “Hey don’t I know you? Didn’t we meet yesterday? You’re from Nat…

  • Rise of Skywalker’s final trailer

    For more than four decades, the Star Wars saga has thrilled and enchanted fans around the globe. Now, this winter, the main strand of the story will come to an end. The fact that the Disney behemoth owns the rights all but guarantees we will be well served with legends from the Star Wars universe…