Arts Review: In Vogue, St James Theatre
I'll admit it - I'm a Madonna fangirl so the thought of spending an evening at a cocktail bar listening to her hits was a dream come true. Yet more than that, In Vogue, a one-man show from one of...
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29 Best Movies Of 2013, According To Me
As it has been written, 2013 was a pretty great year for movies. So great, in fact, that a simple top-10 list seems inadequate at best and incomplete at worst. As such, here's my list of the 29 best...
View ArticleWichita Lineman
On 21 December 1968, Glen Campbell topped the US album chart with Wichita Lineman. Although the LP would stay on the chart for 46 weeks, it would be Campbell's only No.1 album. Wichita Lineman has been...
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Christmas and Me
Christmas seems to get longer every year. I noticed that shopping-channel BidTV started flogging Christmas decorations in September ("Only three more pay-days till Christmas!" !?), Christmas cards...
View ArticleHonduras: One of the Most Dangerous Places to Be a Woman
This year, 2013, has been life changing. My Mum always taught me that as women we need to fight for our rights and I have personally had to argue and battle against injustices big and small on an...
View ArticleMariah Hits the Million Mark, as UK Fans Download Merrily on High
When Mariah Carey recorded All I Want For Christmas Is You 20 years ago this month, few could have foreseen that it would become one of the world's all-time festive favourites. But that status is in no...
View ArticleEven Great Writers Get Panned: One-Star Reviews for Ten Classic Books
Everyone tells you not to do it, and yet you do it all the same. Taking a deep breath as you load the page, then scrolling down with mounting apprehension, and ending up - at least some of the time -...
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Made In Chelsea - Series Six, Episode Ten
In this week's episode the group return from their South African trip. Binky urges me to reconcile with Phoebe and, after much thought, I decide it's the right thing to do. It wasn't an easy choice....
View ArticleAn Email to Calm the Christmas Curmudgeon
Your fingers, like mine, are probably close to bleeding from online shopping. Mine has mainly involved scouring the internet for cheap tat as secret santa presents for people at work I barely know, and...
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Leather, Feathers and Swans: A Few Things You Ought to Know About Bourne's...
Ballet can be intimidating. There are all the tutus. The funny rules. The imposing theatres with their stern demeanors and unspoken dress codes. As someone not raised listening to string instruments...
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Joy of Sly: Stallone's Six Best Films
Now approaching his 70th birthday, Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone is heading to Britain for an exclusive "Evening With" event, taking place on Saturday January 11th at the iconic London Palladium....
View ArticleInvest in More Than Novelty Socks This Christmas
With almost three quarters of British adults unable to remember some or all of the gifts they were bought last Christmas, I am joining CARE International UK's campaign to stop people squandering their...
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The Day I Got My Kit Off for a Pop Video
One of the over-riding memories I have of leaving the city behind and arriving on the Isle of Jura is how much time I suddenly spent outdoors. Granted, this may have been largely due to the fact that...
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The Great Christmas Composers
When you think of the great composers it's generally the likes of Bach, Beethoven and Schubert that spring to mind rather than Berlin, Marks or Styne. But that doesn't mean that the second cohort...
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Miles Cameron, Red Knight Author (Interview)
The popularity of the fantasy genre continues unabated as the success of the TV show Game of Thrones amply demonstrates. Now comes Miles Cameron's The Fell Sword, the second in his Red Knight series,...
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Her (Review)
In the near future, Joaquin Phoenix plays nebbish writer Theodore Twombly, who works for a website which sends "beautiful, handwritten" letters to order. After a bad break-up, he now lives alone and...
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Inspirational Instagram
Inspirational Instagram's Instagram has become part of many individuals day to day addiction. It can be described as addictive, and can for sure allow individuals to create a visual life for others to...
View ArticleAll Change: Homeland Finale Ends in Tragedy and Comedy
Long live Nicholas Brody...You knew Damian Lewis' character in Homeland couldn't survive because his presence back in the USA could never be explained to the public. He was a convert to terrorism in...
View ArticleThe Ten Greatest Christmas B-Sides
Often derided as a location for spiriting away unwanted tracks the humble b-side has thrown up numerous classics over the years. Inevitably there have been plenty of Christmas singles with more...
View ArticleDru Empowered
I see BBC Radio 4's Front Row is doing a Buffy the Vampire Slayer special on Boxing Day, in which (according to Naomi Alderman's article on the BBC website), many critics and commentators are bemoaning...
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