by admin | Jul 19, 2023 | Film and Television
The Beef and Grief Season one of ‘The Bear’ proved a sleeper hit and people are still napping on one of the best shows currently airing (Disney+, out this week in the UK). The show centres on Carmy, a skilled fine dining chef, who returns home to Chicago...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | General Updates, Writing
Look at that face. Stood on my balcony in Leeds, I’m finally holding a paperback copy of my now published book ‘The Superhero’s Murder’. The journey to this day has taken more years, rewrites, and hours of effort than I care to remember. I couldn’t be more happy or...
by admin | Jan 19, 2021 | Writing
This is the year I publish my book The Superhero’s Murder. No more excuses, no more delaying, 2021 is the year I share my story. Long time readers of this blog know that last year I shared the story with beta readers and received an editorial assessment. Both...
by admin | Dec 30, 2020 | Film and Television
2020 has been an awful year. I will not touch on the pandemic, if you want such content switch on the news. Instead, I’m going to speak about a different catastrophe, a fictional one. What better way to sign off for the year than doing what I do best, providing a...
by admin | Nov 21, 2020 | Film and Television
Wherever you look superheroes have become a staple of mainstream culture. Our blockbuster films are a world of superhero shared universes, reboots and remakes. The most successful of recent years has been the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) with twenty-three films and...
by admin | Aug 15, 2020 | Politics and Social Issues
This week A-level results have dominated the UK news. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, students could not sit their exams. The UK government has allocated grades based on mock exams, teacher estimates and most controversially algorithmic logic. The aftermath has been...
by admin | Jul 28, 2020 | General Updates, Writing
The last I talked about my book, The Murder of a Superhero, I claimed to be embarking on one final edit. As always, such grand statements have proved ambitious. This book takes far longer than I ever expect it to. A major part of this blog is to track my journey as an...
by admin | Jul 4, 2020 | Film and Television
In the era of peak TV, it feels next to impossible to keep up with the shows you already watch, much less try to start extra ones. I get it. I blog about TV and even I can’t keep up with as many shows as I would like. Even with that in mind, I will pitch one I think...
by admin | Jun 5, 2020 | Film and Television
Warning: This post contains major spoilers for all five seasons of Breaking Bad. Six and a half years ago Breaking Bad ended with a reputation as one of the greatest television shows ever created. Walter White’s metamorphosis into meth kingpin Heisenberg over five...
by admin | May 17, 2020 | Film and Television
Over the weekend I finished season five of Better Call Saul. One season remains of the Breaking Bad prequel that has defied initial apprehension and become one of my favourite shows. The first question people ask is often the same; is it better than Breaking Bad? It...
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