Category: Culture

  • 007: Mr Boyle, we’ve been expecting you

    We finally have new details for the next film in the James Bond franchise – and there is some very good news in there. Danny Boyle has been confirmed as the director for the, as yet un-titled, next Bond outing. Boyle’s credentials are well-known to most. He directed Trainspotting, won an Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire,…

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    Who lives and dies after Avengers 4?

    So Avengers Infinity War is in the can. By now most of us know that the film’s conclusion left quite a few of the Marvel Cinematic Universe dead or vapourised – which, for the sake of argument, I am counting as the same thing. But we know there are a raft of Marvel films still…

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    Avengers Infinity War checked something off my bucket list

    I finally saw Avengers Infinity War yesterday. I know, I am a couple of weeks behind most of the world, but it’s been a busy month. I will say this now: if you have still not seen it, then stop reading here. Far from spoiler-free, this post is chock full of spoilers. It’s not unfair,…

  • Fortnite Battle Royale: What I’ve learned

    You have probably heard of Fortnite Battle Royale. It has become the latest online sensation and is taking the gaming world by storm. I am not an avid gamer, but even I have got hooked on this one. It is so easy to take part. Sign up and you are given a character, you are…

  • The Oliviers 2018

    The biggest night in London’s theatre calendar is done for 2018. As awards season rumbles on from The Oscars, eyes turned to the West End for The Oliviers, which celebrate the best of Britain’s theatreland. This year there was one name on everyone’s lips: Hamilton. Indeed host Catherine Tate, in one of the few high…

  • Trailer Time: Fantastic Beasts & Avengers

    Don’t say I don’t do anything for you. The movie world has dropped two big trailers in the last couple of days – Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 and Fantastic Beasts 2: The Crimes of Grindelwald. But if these silver screen franchise heavy hitters have passed you by, then grab a cup of tea and…

  • The rise of vermouth

    The age of vermouth is here. Now it is entirely possible that you have had one of two reactions to that statement: 1. Isn’t that the stuff my Grandma drinks? 2. Ver-what now? But have no fear, for you are not alone. A short while ago I was having dinner in Helsinki when my dining…

  • The Non-Oscars 2018

    The Oscars were last night. As I sit writing this at my desk in London, Twitter is lighting up with photos of semi-inebriated Hollywood bods enjoying the post-ceremony merriment. The morning after the Academy Awards always produces a tidal wave of lists all chronicling one of two things: who won what and who wore what.…

  • World Book Day: Who would you be?

    It is World Book Day today. Now the snow may have put a stop to some of the festivities and I am sure there were some mini Mary Poppins’ running around homes unable to get to school. But the idea is fun isn’t it? Dress up as your favourite book character and go about your…

  • Pippin stuns in Southwark

    The show must go on. Round of applause to the cast of Pippin at the Southwark Playhouse who fought through technical difficulties to give a stunning show this evening. S and I headed to the theatre with little – or in my case no – knowledge of Pippin as a work. It’s by Stephen Schwartz…