Category: Journal

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    A tribute to Tintin at 90

    I love Tintin. My association with the Beligan boy-detective goes back to my youth. As a kid I used to grab the ‘Funday Times‘ out of my parents’ Sunday newspaper and devour the adventures which were serialised on the front page. Unwittingly, alongside my godfathers, he became my career idol, so much so that I…

  • Breaking news: James Bond drinks too much

    Sometimes news breaks of a scientific study or a piece of research which is truly groundbreaking. It is the sort of work which creates headlines around the globe and alters your perception of the world. And sometimes there are reports like this. ‘Licence to swill’ – James Bond declared ‘severe’ alcoholic by public health academics…

  • Is Tyson Fury really boxing’s comeback hero?

    Tyson Fury is a boxing comeback story who has served a drug ban, been forced to apologise for anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks and gives his multi-million dollar fight purse to the homeless. Now let that sink in. Trying to chart Fury’s media journey in recent years is a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows which…

  • Relax, Grindelwald’s greatest crime isn’t ruining Harry Potter

    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald has been out for almost three weeks now and you would be forgiven for thinking it had smashed the Harry Potter universe into a million pieces and used the remains to create a Twilight homage. Such has been the outpouring of fury at the latest instalment in the Wizarding…

  • Millenial Gent: Year 2

    Welcome to the second year of the Millennial Gent. It’s weird to think I kicked this off a year ago and I’ll be honest, I have just indulged myself by reading back across a few posts from the last 12 months – it’s a fun stroll down memory lane. But there is no time for…

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    Yes we Cannes

    I’m currently sat in Nice Cote d’Azur Airport having just completed my second Cannes show. The Cannes event is my industry’s biggest of the year and it generally leaves a few people rather broken. From the moment the opening cocktail party starts on Sunday, until the show closes on Friday afternoon, it is a rollercoaster…

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    Millennial Gent Diary

    So, it has been a while. Sorry. Sometimes life drifts along and sometimes it come in droves – and it has been flying lately. I’m not complaining; it has been a maelstrom of deadlines, work trips and holidays. But it hasn’t given me much time to speak to you guys, so apologies. As an example,…

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    8 things journalism has taught me

    Facebook’s Timehop can be a terrible thing. It is a vortex of photos of long-forgotten nights out and terrible haircuts all popping up just to dampen your mood first thing in the morning. But it is also a scary reminder of how much time has flown. I got onto Facebook during my first year at…

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    Escape to the country

    With weather like we are having it seems a crime to rush away to foreign climes. S and I love a good globe-trotting jaunt just as much as the next person, but as the madness of the last few weeks faded away we decided to escape for some R&R in the countryside. S knew of…

  • Why I blog…

    I’ve been quiet for the last couple of weeks here at Millennial Gent. It has been a hectic time at work and one of the side effects of writing for a living is that when work is busy the blog can get pushed to one side. This is partly because of time constraints and partly…