It’s Saturday night. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade has just ended but you’re not ready to give up on a night of easy viewing television. You turn over to the BBC and find I […]
What's On: Family Tree
In a world of Parks and Recreation, Twenty Twelve, and the ever-changing beast that is Alan Partridge (please, please look up Mid-Morning Matters before you buy your ticket for Alpha Papa, you’ll thank me), Christopher […]
Film | Alan Partridge – Alpha Papa
From On The Hour (1991) to I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (2011), Steve Coogan and co. have nurtured one of the most authentic and downright hilarious comedy characters of our time. Testament […]
What’s On: Luther
“I’ve seen something like this before”, growls Idris Elba. How right he is.
Review – ‘A Half Forgotten Song’ by Katherine Webb
Katherine Webb’s third novel is as enchanting and as deliciously written as her previous. A Half Forgotten Song tells the story of artist and struggling dad Zach, whose fascination with 20th century artist Charles Aubrey […]
What We’re Watching: Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 5
Episode 5 I didn’t enjoy this week’s episode. Up until now it had been fun to rant and bitch about the contestants who I deemed to be evil, safe in the knowledge that their souls […]
What We’re Watching: Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 4
Episode 4 So the big reveal of this week’s episode of BINTM is that Angel is really very annoying. Not only does she have a very irritating, airy giggle, but she also doesn’t do her […]
What’s On: The White Queen
The decision to translate Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen from print to screen cannot have been one taken lightly by head writer Emma Frost. Gregory’s novels are much loved by historians and readers alike, despite […]
What We’re Watching: Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 3
Episode 3 Hooray! Another episode of BINTM. I choose to pronounce this acronym, not only because Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model is too long to say (or to even type… Cheeky Copy and Paste […]
What We’re Watching: Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model – Episode 2
Episode 2 I’ll admit, straight off, that I didn’t watch the first episode of Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model, or BINTM as the hashtag encourages. I didn’t even realise that there was an episode […]