"We told the advertiser not to repeat the ad.” -- ASA

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Advertising Of the many hundreds of news feeds I follow one of the most entertaining and illuminating is the one for the Advertising Stand...

Review 2007: A Call For Entries

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Before regular readers (and contributors) run to their calenders wondering where three weeks went to, I know I’m starting early this year. ...

"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts." -- Orson Welles

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TV Time to admit something, although it may not necessarily be a bad thing depending upon your point of view. Here is a list of all the t...
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“We place no reliance on virgin or pidgeon. Our method is science, our aim is religion.” -- Aleister Crowley

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Environment I've spent the day in Chester beginning the preliminary round of my Christmas shopping which as you know can take many day...

Warriors of Kudlak (Part One)

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TV In point of fact I was probably a bit too critical of laser tag in my late review last night but one. I do remember enjoying it quit...

"It's times like this I wish I still had my scarf."

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[spoiler] Well that's rather confirmed that then .

"When angry, count four; when very angry, swear." -- Mark Twain

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Language I've never considered myself as being a great swearer. I can be profain, but there are just certain words which sound wrong ...

Eye of the Gorgon (Part Two)

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TV All told this hasn’t been a good week for television. There was the ITV phone scandal, the fallout from which was fairly delicious f...

“Television is more interesting than people. If it were not we should have people standing in the corner of our room.” -- Alan Coren

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Obituary Alan Coren was another of those unique voices which always seemed to be speaking somewhere on television, radio and in print to ...
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"When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. " -- Jacques Rivette

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Film I think this got rather less coverage than it deserves . The UK Government are donating £25 million to the UK Film Council to help p...

"Does everyone know about this grain but me?" -- Kirk, 'Star Trek'

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Film Fairly hilarious interview with William Shatner in which says he's adamant that he's not in the new Star Trek film and offer...

"Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world." -- Sir Winston Churchill

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TV Here are the top ten tv shows in Canada this week . It looks like Channel Five's schedule.

“What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.” -- Ellen Burstyn

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Web I really, really dislike Internet Explorer 7 -- it ironically feels like a hobby version of Firefox, missing half of its functionality...

"Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet." -- Vinton Cerf

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Animation Internet People! What did I miss? [ via ]

"When you're constantly looking backwards, there's something missing." -- the Icelandic classical violin maker Hans Johannsson

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Music Noticing that there hasn't lately been much progress in the field of non-electronic instruments a team are crafting new wooden s...

"You can write to us at BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, W12 7RJ..." -- Barry Took, 'Points of View'

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TV They can't do that. I mean the BBC's doing whatever they're doing, but they can't do that ! It'd be like the Quee...

"And all I could say was, 'hello'." -- Terry McKay, 'An Affair To Remember'

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Film I was so sorry to here about the death of Deborah Kerr. She appeared in many of the great films of old (or classic) Hollywood as thi...

"I'm Going To Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter..." -- Frank Sinatra

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Life Liverpool post strike ends . Thank goodness for that.

"The Gateway for Lost Souls... is under the post office?" -- Angel, 'Angel'

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Life No matter what's happening in the rest of the country, postal workers are still on strike in Liverpool and have been for the pas...

Prince of Jutland (1994)

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Amled played by Christian Bale . Directed by Gabriel Axel . This is just one of those occasions when you really can’t believe quite what...
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