Pikachu just electrocuted Zelda. She’s sent flying into the path of Pac-Man’s punch, which cannonballs her through the Mushroom Kingdom, into the villager from Animal Crossing which knocks your score up two points. If you’ve […]
Books | Will Self at Ilkley Literature Festival 2014
Sauntering on to the stage like someone who has never felt nervous in his life, Will Self began his talk at the Ilkley Literature Festival with hotels. “Hotels are all part of a mass deception – […]
TV | In the Middle mourns The Great British Bake Off
So, it’s Wednesday night, and many of us are going to feel as empty as an unfilled doughnut. Tonight, there is no Bake Off. Week upon week, we have been glued to our screens, watching […]
TV | Freeview Flicks: Kick Ass, The King’s Speech and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
In the Middle’s best weekly freeview flicks picks is here! This week we take a lonely trip to the moon and encounter a man who ages backwards…. MONDAY – Kick-Ass (Film4 21:00) When Kick-Ass was […]
Travel | What’s the best way to plan your holiday?
How do you plan your holiday? Do you go it alone, and prowl the internet for the very best deals? Or, do you sit back and let the travel agent plan your perfect getaway? Here […]
TV | Is it time The Simpsons left our screens?
On December 17th 1989, The Simpsons first aired. Margaret Thatcher was still Prime Minister and the Berlin Wall had fallen only a few weeks earlier – the world was a different place. Weathering comments from […]
TV | Transparent a success for Amazon
Transparent, set in Los Angeles, focuses on a divorced transgendered father’s transition from Mort to Moira, and the lives of her three emerging adult children. We’re introduced to the oldest child, Sarah’s mundane family life, […]
Food | Perfect Recipes for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning
Macmillan Coffee Mornings are a great way to get friends and family over for tea and cake, and raise a bit of money for a good cause while you’re at it. So, why not get […]
Food | Leeds’ Top 5 Hangover Food Hotspots
#1. The Greasy Pig - Hyde Park Veteran Hyde Park residents will know this place as a beacon of hope when you’re bleary eyed and empty stomached the morning after the night before. This place […]
TV | BBC 2 offers pure fun with Peaky Blinders
It’s difficult for me to get excited about anything to do with Birmingham. It’s the city that has burdened us with Jasper Carrott and Frank Skinner, the accent makes you want to bash your head […]
Books | Cheat’s Guide to The Picture of Dorian Gray
An Oscar Wilde classic, which the 2009 film adaption simply does not do justice to. A must read full of wit, murder and mystery. Who? Dorian Gray – an impressionable young man, whose main asset […]
Books | There’s more to Yorkshire’s Literature than the Brontës
When asked about Yorkshire literature, Wuthering Heights will most likely be the first book that comes to mind. However, the wild and rugged Yorkshire moors have inspired many authors to put pen to paper, and […]