Chef: Movie review
Food and Twitter are inextricably intertwined these days – some food shows themselves air tweets live and tweets often make reviews the next…
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JRR Tolkien lost audio and poem found
This recording as made when Tolkien attended a party on 28 March 1958 in Rotterdam, organised by his Dutch publisher and a bookseller. It…
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David Tennant returning to the UK Broadchurch
Is anyone else slightly weirded out by the fact that David Tennant has gone from playing DI Hardy in the first season of the…
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Writing tip: One sentence paragraphs have a purpose in prose
I have to be honest: I actually hate one sentence paragraphs because I’ve seen them used far too often in the normal course of…
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Writing tip: Saying the same thing twice
And if I’d put tautology in the subject line, I would have been guilty of it. I know I am guilty of saying the same…
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Why William Shatner should be paid to live-tweet everything
In case you’ve forgotten, William Shatner is on Twitter and remains fantastic. Why, you may ask? Because he’s taken to live-tweeting CW shows…
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#Spoilers: An #app or several to help you avoid them
Spoilers are serious business. Check out your Twitter, Facebook and newspapers after important episodes of shows and spoilers warnings will abound. Spoil a show…
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Conversations in Crime Alley: Malla Nunn & PM Newton
Last week I had the pleasure of attending Conversations in Crime Alley at Abbey’s Bookshop with Malla Nunn and PM Newton. Both accomplished and…
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The Inspiration behind Noah — no, not the Bible
Darren Aronofsky is riding high – so to speak. His movie version of Noah is Biblical to some and anything but to others. It’s…
Read More#Stripped: a documentary about comic strips
This sounds good — Stripped is a new film about the history of comic strips and their artists. It’s been four years in…
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