I knew I wanted to read Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discword series. I brought book one, The Colour of Magic, expecting that I would fall in love. What happened instead was that – it confused me. Years later, discussing it […]
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In our next instalment of ‘The Life of Prince Hal’ we see the death of a king, Falstaff’s hilarious observations, a bit of homosexual innuendo and Prince Hal be a bit of a dick before making up in a half-assed […]
Thou art so fat-witted, with drinking of old sack and unbuttoning thee after supper and sleeping upon benches after noon, that thou hast forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldst truly know. What a devil hast thou to do […]
I am not the romantic – by that I mean I dislike most romantic comedies and would rather watch an action movie for a first date rather than have to suffer through cliché loved-up teenagers. So, it is quite surprising that […]
After reading Coriolanus I wanted to read a play I was familiar with so I could get used to the language. So my next play would be Hamlet, followed by David Tennant’s 2009 RSC film adaptation. Now, there is no arguing that […]
You may have noticed I’ve been on a little Tom Hiddleston binge, when I found out that he played Coriolanus in the Donmar Warehouse production. Trying to find it online I couldn’t so I resided to the fact that […]
‘What do you think it is about Loki that people seem to really love, more over Thor?’ an audience member at Comic Con asked. Tom Hiddleston gave an honest answer that I will come back too, but this question […]
I have read and heard many arguments for and against all forms of book, whether it be a physical, electronic or audio version of the book. It is my recent read of The Crimson Petal and The White by […]
Firstly, I will be going into the plot and thus spoiling some parts as it very hard to write a blog post about The Prestige (book and or movie) without spoilers being given. So this is a firm disclaimer that if […]
A few days ago I finish the beginning of what will the tetralogy of Shakespeare’s plays that comprise of Richard II; Henry IV part 1 & 2; Henry V; Henry VI part 1, 2 and 3. I am also taking […]
Last night I trotted down to to my local Kew Library where comedian and author Bob Franklin was doing a talk about his book of short stories released last years under the cover title: Under Stones. Bob Franklin is […]
I; like many others are fans of Dewey, a ginger cat that captured the heart of head Spencer, Iowa librarian Vicki Myron. I also have two cats of my own that because of study I am far away from […]