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Global Comment
- Posted on Wednesday July 22, 2026
Twice recently, I’ve been lucky enough to be sitting on the grass in the park, watching local brass bands play. There’s definitely something special about the restored-but-usually-locked Victorian bandstand being in use that feels exciting, but the more free and easy brass band in a local Pride parade this year was also absolutely brilliant to […]
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When we were children, flickered in light and held in thrall to the shuddering genius of Ray Harryhausen’s mythical beasts in Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans we could only dare to dream what he would have made of the sea monster Scylla, the cannibalistic Laestrygonians, and the Sirens, those muses of […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Monday July 20, 2026
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Friday July 17, 2026
To watch Sky Documentaries’ Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard is to plug your wet brain directly into a high-voltage socket of pure, unadulterated 1980s chaos, only to realise with a sickening jolt that modern culture has completely lost its stomach for the grotesque – unless you count our rancid far-right politicians. We exist in an era of […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Thursday July 16, 2026
This month, over at Five Books For, we’ve been looking at books that reimagine the Victorians – a selection of modern novels that revisit the nineteenth century from fresh and often unexpected perspectives. Rather than presenting the polished, familiar images of the Victorian era that were accustomed to, these stories uncover hidden lives, challenge long-held […]
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Continue Reading » - Posted on Wednesday July 15, 2026
When people don’t trust cops, I get it. Remind me to tell you all about the cop who tried to bust me for “underage drinking” at age nineteen, when I’d merely been enjoying an Arizona Iced Tea in a friend’s car. Still, sometimes you do kind of have to call the cops. For example – […]
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You might think that only a child would get any enjoyment from a trip to an aquarium, but as long as you bring some childlike wonder of your own, they can absolutely be places for adults, too. Bournemouth Oceanarium on the south coast of England was a bit of an unknown, and my friend and […]
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Yorkshire, often referred to as God’s own county, is chock full of stunning scenery, vivid city life and nature. But while the region may not be the first one people think of when it comes to art and culture, there is so much going on that – whether you’re visiting the north on holiday or […]
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