Fifty Shades Film Review
Firstly, I would like to say I am fully aware this is vastly beyond my usual food related piece of writing but I’m only human and this caught my fancy for a post so here…
Entertainment
Three Thrillers. No Oscars.
Thrillers are like any other genre. There are good thrillers, bad thrillers, average-ish thrillers. And there are truly excellent thrillers, the product of outstanding workman and craftsmanship. But thrillers, unlike the biopic genre, don’t get…
Five London hidden gems
One of the great things about London is that you are never too far from a great museum or a beautiful house but the problem is that you might not know you are. So for…
Germany: Memories Of A Nation – Review
Marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the exhibition currently showing at the British Museum – and on until January 25th – explores 600 years of German history through a serious…
Review: Ming: 50 years that changed China
In the Western world, the Ming dynasty is probably best known for its blue-and-white porcelain. However, what many of us might not know is that there is much more than porcelain behind this dynasty that…
Review – Imitation Game: A Tribute To Being Different
Based on the true story of Alan Turing, a British mathematician, logician and cryptanalyst, the movie is a must-see production. Turing had a key role in the development of computer science and fathered the Turing…
No-one ever has sex on a Tuesday – Review
I have a huge weakness for romance novels; sometimes to the point where I just can’t stop reading, even if my eyes are deciding otherwise, even more if they are related to sex as having…
Netflix is the way to go!
Can’t find what you want to watch on your TV? Then have no worries, Netflix can meet your needs! Marc Randolph, the founder of Netflix in 1997 has without a doubt created an inevitably gaining…
Review: Electra at the Old Vic
Currently showing at the Old Vic is Frank McGuinness’ adaptation of Sophocles’ Electra. After years, the Greek heroin is still grieving for her father Agamemnon’s death and constantly obsesses about vindicating him. Electra is trapped…