‘Underestimate a champion, and he will knock you out.’ There are many reasons why talk of new eras and great German teams is wildly premature. Barcelona have tasted the canvas a few times throughout the Champions League semi finals, but they, along with Real Madrid and Spanish football in general, should not […]

The truth behind demonic possessions: I am going to try and write from a non religious point of view as this subject is one that has been tainted by religious fanaticism. I studied demonic possession in some detail as part of my Masters degree, and it is certainly a very […]

“You shut your mouth when you’re talking to me!” is a line we hear minutes into the 2005 comedy great that is Wedding Crashers. The line comes from an angry lady who is trying to settle divorce papers with her husband who sits across the table. Also sitting at this […]

It wasn’t the first time ‘realism’ hit the cinema screens. However, ‘On the Waterfront’ (1954) was the first major commercial and critical breakthrough of its kind. The very term – ‘social realism’ – was first coined in the fledgling Soviet Union, after the 1917 Russian Revolution, to describe such films as ‘October’, ‘Battleship […]

On Monday, October 22nd 2012, David Walsh was sat in a Starbucks café on the M25 when he heard the news which justified the last 13 years of his career. They were thirteen years in which the Irish journalist had led the pursuit of Lance Armstrong, but this pursuit was not […]

It can’t be true?! Good girl Reese Witherspoon gets arrested?! Well unfortunately it’s very much true! On a night out on April 19. in Atlanta, Georgia, USA Reese and her husband were arrested after DUI (Driving Under the Influence) of Alcohol. Reese’s’ husband Jim Toth scored a .139 on a […]