From nosy neighbours to rude neighbours and finally perfect neighbours. Neighbours are like species of animals. They come in all shapes and sizes, volumes and guises. Starting with the closest of the species, the next door neighbour. Dependant on your luck you may have been blessed with one or a […]

Our media are giving the UK Independence Party (UKIP to you and me) unprecedented publicity of late. Understandable, given their recent surges in by-elections in Corby, Middlesborough, North Croydon and, more controversially, Rotherham. UKIP’s ubiquitous leader, Nigel Farage, pops up everywhere with his abundant line in rent-a-rant. You could be forgiven […]

Once again, it has come to that time of year in which the streets fill with people and the cold weather returns with a vengeance. (Not that we have had the joy of a consistently hot summer this year). The days grow shorter, the darkness makes it almost impossible to rise in the […]

I confess that ‘Angelfall’ was one of my ‘impulse buys’ – I found this ebook cheap on Amazon, and thought the description interesting. I didn’t expect much – but Susan Ee’s storytelling blew me away. In a word: wow. There are a lot of books about angels around these days, […]

I have never thought of Spiderman 3 as a bad movie. I think of it as a good film with terrible decisions made throughout its production. Often I find myself pondering how I would have avoided the criticism Sam Raimi suffered if I was the director of this film. Below are […]

Stephen Fry once described the works of Shakespeare as being amongst the greatest achievements of humanity, and what better way for him to make his long awaited return to the stage than in the form of one of the Bard’s greatest characters: Malvolio. Fry was, of course, the star of […]

If Oliver Stone’s visceral Natural Born Killers is the notorious story of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ on acid, Ben Wheatley’s Sightseers is most aptly described as the same story, but one brought to the fore by lukewarm cups of tea and sunday visits to National Trust heritage sights. A quintessentially British take on ultra-violence and one of […]

The rapid growth in the music industry has led to a ton of people having some of the highest paying jobs in the world. From young children who start their journey with turntables for less than $2,000 to the adults who are legends in the industry, all have something to […]