The launch of a new James Bond film is always exciting and a proper “event”. I can still remember the excitement of going to see Goldeneye when it was released twenty years ago (clearly I sneaked into the cinema at the age of five). The last film, Skyfall, has a strong claim to being the best Bond film…
Only The Brave
29 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
Mel Sherratt is one of those writers that I’ve heard a lot about but never actually got round to reading. Her name is always all over Twitter and Facebook and she has a number of firm fans among the book blogging community…
Suffragette
28 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
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On Monday night I watched some of Britain’s fabulous female MPs speak out against the 5% VAT levy on sanitary protection. The SNP’s Alison Thewliss and Labour’s Stella Creasy were both excellent and a nice little story was retold about how Stella Creasy, as an A-level student, raised the issue with her then MP…
A Step In Time
27 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
On the countdown to Christmas there’s always one very important marker which signals the end of summer, the beginning of autumn and highlights that advent isn’t so very far away. It’s nothing to do with the weather, or leafs changing colour. It’s BBC starting to show Strictly Come Dancing…
Lifeboat
26 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
I haven’t been to the cinema in a while, it’s not that there’s not lots of new releases that I want to see – far from it, but our local cinema is so full of Wittertainment code of conduct violations that I prefer to stay at home with my trusty Blu-Ray collection and Sky Movies…
The Little Flower Shop By The Sea
23 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
We’re now well into October and the weather has unsurprisingly taken a turn towards the autumnal. In fact it’s a bit cold at times. Time to be planning those long nights in with hot chocolate and a good book. I’ve got a wee pile of Christmas themed books to read …
For the Love of The Archers
21 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
You probably don’t know this about me but I love The Archers, I have a proper soft spot for the long-running Radio 4 soap opera. I have the characters I like and the ones I can’t abide (stop being an interfering old bat Jill, no-one cares about you…
Furiously Happy
19 October 2015 by Leave a Comment
Depression isn’t normally regarded as something funny. It’s nasty, it’s serious, it destroys people – not what we would regard as a source of great hilarity. But that’s where we go wrong. Some of the greatest humour can be found in the darkest places and that’s what Jenny Lawson…
Aussie Grit
30 September 2015 by Leave a Comment
As I think I mentioned when I reviewed Ron Howard’s brilliant Rush, I’m a fair weather Formula One fan. I enjoy the races, I have drivers that I like and I know a little bit about the politics of the paddock but I’m not a fanatic. I’ve never been to a race…
Gone Girl
17 September 2015 by Leave a Comment
If you’ve read my book review of Gone Girl you’ll know that I was absolutely sold on the book until the finale. The conclusion let me down so much that the wind was taken out of my sails. I was thoroughly disappointed and felt let down by Gillian Flynn…