A chill winter is hitting the world of publishing, as though Narnia’s White Witch came trundling past leaving doomsdayers and naysayers petrified. Willfully deluded optimists (such as myself) are citing that the freedoms of epublishing will revolutionise the industry and overthrow the giant sloths who have trapped us in […]

“SKYFALL” Directed by Sam Mendes. Produced By Micheal G. Wilson and Barbara Brocolli Written by John Logan, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marhole and Ralph Fiennes Bond is out of development hell. MGM, Bond’s studio and the distributors since it’s […]

I watched him as he rose from his chair, steadied by his assistant, fumblingly making his way down the length of the table and trying incredibly hard not to proceed with so much haste that he might take a tumble to the floor. The elderly and seemingly frail gentleman teetered […]

The methods of debate in the battle for gender equality seem to be a little archaic. I can tell you straight away, it is no easy task debating a movement so well reinforced by the intellectual community. Certainly, it is a subject that upon first glance has many a chauvinist […]

Reuters announced that America is the most obese nation in the world, with 34% of the country’s population classified as being grossly overweight. In Europe, it’s the United Kingdom that rules the day, being fifth place in the world’s classification. With more and more weight loss clubs around, various calorie-counting […]

It’s just coming up to 6 PM and you’re waiting impatiently to play ping-pong with the nation’s favour. You sit bored, as with any routine situation, but take comfort in the familiarity of it all, the façade that begins to form. A hive of hired hands scurries around, painting you […]

As Bruce Springsteen’s “We Take Care of Our Own” belted out from the speakers in the arena, President Obama joyously waved to the thousands of people who made it possible for him to serve a final term in the White House. Joined on stage by his equally joyful wife and […]

Long-term Congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, and is for the first time in his political career contested by unwitting oddball Marty Huggings (Zach Galifianakis), a local tourism director hand-picked by two ultra-wealthy CEO’s (John Lithgow and Dan Akroyd) looking to use […]