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The new TV series Britannia airing now (produced for Sky Atlantic in the UK, screening on Foxtel’s Showcase in Australia) … [ Read More ]
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The new TV series Britannia airing now (produced for Sky Atlantic in the UK, screening on Foxtel’s Showcase in Australia) … [ Read More ]
It has been nearly a year since I last wrote one of these articles, mainly because I needed to cut … [ Read More ]
On December 21, 1937, Walt Disney’s first full feature length production Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered at the … [ Read More ]
Warning: Spoiler alert The Star Wars universe is no stranger to political allegories. Many viewers have pointed out the parallels … [ Read More ]
They were right: You’ll never leave!
Rumour mongers are in overdrive at the moment casting out some rank implausible ‘ITK’ gossip on what happens in Star … [ Read More ]
When Bram Stoker’s hero, Jonathan Harker, wrote a diary entry in the 1897 novel Dracula saying that the the “old … [ Read More ]
Enjoying the work of Kevin Spacey the actor doesn’t make you a bad person. Even now, knowing what you’ve read … [ Read More ]
The 61st BFI London Film Festival which has just ended, provided a true feast of celluloid treats, with more than … [ Read More ]
It’s the sporting event the world has been waiting for as Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor meet in the boxing … [ Read More ]
BBC One has announced that it is launching a new cookery competition as Mary Berry leads the charge to find … [ Read More ]
Stormborn is a very neat and plot-laden episode that wastes nothing in its linking up of the parallel storylines. There … [ Read More ]
Christopher Nolan’s chosen subject for his latest grand scale project is the retreat and evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force … [ Read More ]
Luke Wilson voices Bodi, a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff charged with guarding his village’s sheep, in this 2016 animated adventure directed … [ Read More ]
“She has done for me at last, Rachel my torment.” The last words of Ambrose Ashley, cousin and much-loved guardian … [ Read More ]
Don’t overinterpret The Handmaid’s Tale, warned a recent piece in The Atlantic. Comparisons between the dystopian United States crafted by … [ Read More ]
As the Elves have called me their “chief pedant”, and soon they will begin researching Series P, I have decided … [ Read More ]
King Charles III (Tim Pigott-Smith). ©Robert Viglasky for BBC/Drama Republic The BBC is again under attack, this time for having … [ Read More ]
If you want to watch you can do – just don’t say I didn’t warn you about its contents.
Since the Doctor Who series was rebooted in 2005 the television show has consistently presented the Doctor as a moral … [ Read More ]
Nicola Bishop, Manchester Metropolitan University When ships were made of wood, men were made of steel. So begins each episode … [ Read More ]
I know that I haven’t done this column for a long time now. The reason for this is that it … [ Read More ]
Andrea Major, University of Leeds “When you left London the East India Company was a trading company,” Tom Hardy’s troubled … [ Read More ]
Produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd, SS-GB has been adapted from Len Deighton’s intriguing, alternate history novel of the same … [ Read More ]