Many years ago I was at Center Parcs with a friend, and for whatever reason we stayed in one day, all day, watching a Planet of the Apes marathon. By the end of the day I think we’d watched the 5 Apes films and seen more of Roddy McDowall then his own family probably did [...]
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An article I wrote for Empire film magazine last month during my work experience, which has not been published to date (and is unlikely to be). I did email the editor who okayed the article asking for feedback on it, and got no reply, so figured I might as well publish it on here.. Two [...]
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From the ‘Ask Men’ website in 2008. Some points are repeated and/or Americanised, but I found it quite amusing, especially as most men I know barely follow these (although I know I am guilty of poor punctuality and cursing). A brilliant guide to decent behaviour in an otherwise rude society. Always be polite Even [...]
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A blog written back in June 2008. Hogan has since gone on to divorce his wife and marry his daughter’s friend (!) and return to wrestling yet again in TNA, sadly going down the route of Ric Flair, Jake the Snake, Terry Funk etc, who all became shadows of their former selves. Still my favourite [...]
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As I haven’t been uploading many new articles of my own lately (for various reasons, the main one being simply that I’ve been incredibly busy/tired of late), here’s a good one that I read back in March 2007 by an MSN journalist called Laura Simpson. It’s quite funny, and also pathetically rather true. Gingerism to [...]
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Why Wenger should stay He is one of Arsenal’s most successful managers of all time. Under his reign he has won the double with Arsenal and created the ‘Untouchables’ of 2004, with Arsenal going through an entire season undefeated. 3 Premier Leagues, 4 FA Cups and the club’s first Champions League final. This is a [...]
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In yet another season of crazy transfer fees that could feed entire countries, and a certain Samuel Eto’o earning somewhere between £170,000 – £300,000 a week in Russia, what happened to all of those free transfers over the summer? There were several notable names, including quite a few that were England internationals only a couple [...]
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The new English Premier League season has kicked off and once again the focus is on ‘The Big Four’. These are the 4 teams that usually finishing in the Top 4 of the Premiership; Manchester United (19 times, and the only Premiership team to have never finished outside of the Top 4), Arsenal (16 times), [...]
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It was once said that the next war would not be fought with weapons. And in an age with mass media, social networking and the internet, giving the common man a more level playing field and corrupt politicians, leaders and millionaires fewer places to hide, you’d think the revolution would be a more peaceful one. [...]
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