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Blog · June 19, 2019

Girls on tour

Girls on tour

The Spice Girls recently wrapped up a short UK reunion tour with three dates at Wembley Stadium and I was at the middle one. It turns out that Mr C saw them live way back when and when he got his hands on tickets for the Spice World 2019 Tour, he somehow convinced me to go with him. Now I've previously not been a concert-going person. I've been to one …

Blog · February 7, 2018

Awooga!

Awooga!

Recently, I discovered that NOW TV had six series of Gladiators available to watch on demand. I'm such a huge fan of Gladiators (bigger than I even realised, as a couple of episodes in, the theme tune made me a bit weepy!) and although I've seen clips and odd episodes over the last decade or so, this is potentially the first time I've been able to watch a concentrated batch …

Film · September 23, 2012

Scream

Blog · January 4, 2010

Leave the Maze alone

Leave the Maze alone

Rumour has it that Amanda Holden is going to present a new game show based on the Crystal Maze. I can't tell you how many parts of that sentence are just so. very. wrong. It's not just that she is completely the wrong person to continue the tradition of Mazing. It's that there are reportedly celebrities being lined up to play. And why is it "based on" the game? What …

Blog · May 30, 2009

Those old time ads

Those old time ads

I found this article on The Guardian very interesting. It talks about some of the elements that have been lost in advertising nowadays, compared to some of the classic adverts from yester-year. Although some of the points are contentious - like cigarette advertising, and seemingly promoting sexism - it does seem very true that adverts of the moment do not capture the imagination in the same way. I quickly browsed …