August 2014

Doctor Who “Deep Breath” review: all hail Peter Capaldi, shame about the script.

Why is Peter Capaldi flashing his red bits like a lady baboon, and other questions. SPOILER ALERT Anna Chen’s review of Dr Who “Deep Breath” first broadcast BBC1, Saturday 23rd August 2014 The Dalek was eyeing up some poor bastard on the far side of the room. It hadn’t yet seen me, so I backed […]

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Lauren Bacall dies at 89: Bogey and Slim reunited in the hereafter

Oh, this really, REALLY hurts. Yesterday Robin Williams passed away; today, I find out that one of my all-time favourites, LAUREN BACALL, one of Hollywood’s great beauties, also died aged 89. Bronx-born Betty Perske was the star of To Have and Have Not at 19, going on the weave her screen magic in The Big

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Allow Gaza to exist, end the blockade and build a viable Palestinian state if you want peace

Israel should end the siege, end the blockade and allow Gaza to grow. There’s only one people being pushed into the sea right now and it’s Gazans. A coastal sliver about 25 by seven miles — an area of 360 sq km into which 1.8 million people have been rammed, 60 per cent of whom

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Two Dutch guys driving from China to Holland using only Chinese brands

I so want to do this journey. Two Dutchmen, Maren Striker and Rogier Bikker, are driving the Silk Road route from Shanghai to Rotterdam using nothing but Chinese brand goods. One car, three months, eleven countries, 20,000 miles and a lot of sponsorship from July 26th to October 31st. The car, the phone, even their

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