Category: Culture

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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    Honey, they shrunk The Guardian

    There is a new tabloid newspaper in town – but it has a familiar name. The Guardian has joined the ranks of newspapers which have shrunk down to fit in with today’s more hectic, on-the-go lifestyle. Let’s be fair, the times when you could sit at the table or on the sofa and peruse a…

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    End of year awards

    As 2017 nears its end it is time to pick out a few folks who have set an example we can follow for the year ahead. So here are the 2017 iCons of the Year. React like the producers of All The Money In the World Weeks before the release of All The Money In…

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    Did you know Jeremy Corbyn won a peace prize?

    I am not a big one for slagging off the press and ranting about media bias. There are a few reasons for this; I have, on occasion been part of the problem, and I am aware that a number of factors will play on whether a story sees the light of day or not. Among…

  • Christmas songs you want to listen to

    Christmas is here and that means the strains of Christmas music will be heading our way in a tidal wave of saccharine tunes. The other night at my work Christmas party – yes, we’ve had it already – the novelty of the same Christmas songs you hear every year did wear thin a bit quickly.…

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    Avengers Infinity War trailer reaction

    The new Avengers trailer is here. After a few days of muttering online, Marvel has dropped our first official look at the next piece of the Avengers franchise. “There was an idea…” That opening from Samuel L Jackson told me everything was going to be ok. Harking back to Jackson’s team-building inspirational moment in the…

  • Avengers Infinity War trailer

    Stop. Watch. Done? Now you may continue with your day. #comics #film

  • Prince Harry & Meghan Markle – A Royal wedding

    Prince Harry is to marry Meghan Markle. Today Clarence House confirmed the news which has been rumoured for a long time; the Prince, who is the youngest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, will marry the Suits actress next year. Time to brush up on who Miss Markle is if you’re not…