In late January 1995 Russian early-warning radars detected a single rocket launch off the northwestern coast of Norway. The location of its launch coupled with its trajectory appeared to resemble...
How do you distil 50 years of life into just 5 hours? What unique qualities of the human condition are worth filming and preserving for eternity? How do we select the stories that define our...
Despite sliding ratings, the CW’s Reign has become guilty pleasure viewing across the US, where the fantasy programme only loosely based on the life of Mary, Queen of Scots is riveting in its...
The words ‘transgender character’ and ‘comedy’ in the same sentence are enough to make most trans people twitch. Comedies typically use transgender characters as the butts of jokes and...
“Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries-for heavy ones they cannot.” Russian mob boss Viggo clearly hasn’t brushed up on his...
Dave is the real face of multicultural Britain; his best friend Tariq is a rapper and his uncle Jimmy is a racist gangster selling overpriced coffee to young professionals by day and cocaine to them...
Apparently unsatisfied with cripping up for an Oscar in The Theory of Everything, Eddie Redmayne is charging ahead in drag as Lili Elbe in The Danish Girl, a film purporting to be about the life of...
March 2015 is seeing the looming prospect of yet more economic sanctions being levelled by the western powers against both Iran and Russia. As of writing the European Union is preparing to introduce...
In recent years, numerous experts from around the world (scientists, economists, politicians, environmentalists, sociologists), has been researching the great food paradoxes of our time, namely: With...
When picking my holiday reading this year, one book that was front and centre on my list was Ian McEwan’s latest, The Children Act. I was intrigued by the premise, had seen some positive reviews...
