Life There is only one thing that I actually know that everyone else doesn't; the secret to good lasagna is to spread soft cheese on...

Film And so life in the #garaiwatch goes on, very much as it has this past age. Full of its own comings and goings with change coming s...

How to create a £500 luxury hamper on the cheap: "Perhaps the most eye-catching is Asda selling a whole leg of Serrano ham, complete...

Theatre I need to tell you about an experience I had. But I don’t know where to begin. Does it even have a beginning? It has a dramatic ...

'What do you call a snowman in the desert?' Comedians test the best Christmas crackers: "Like the gifts presented to Jesus b...

Politics The one thing that I’ve learned this year isn’t even one thing and I’m also not sure that I’ve finished learning it. It’s a bit...

Stars In Their Eyes - Christmas Special 1992: "Stars in their Eyes Christmas Special recorded from ITV in 1992. Favourites from the ...

Film When you're invited to share something of real worth with a fine blog's readership, you probably shouldn't pick an insa...

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It's A Wonderful Life: Rare Photos from the set of this Holiday Classic: "Far more than a mere plot device heralding George Bail...

Life  A review of the year would be easy, of course. I’ve had a really full year. It started with health worries (physical and mental, an...

Top 10 Christmas Gifts For Film Lovers: "It's Christmas Eve, you've had one too many sherries and you're feeling in the ...

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Nottinghamshire Christmas pudding: Everything you need to know: "LIKE Brussels sprouts, you either love them or loathe them. After s...

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About In the film City Slickers, Billy Crystal's hum drum blue collar worker Mitch spends two hours hauling cattle across the southw...

Film Oh Romola, Romola, Romola, where for art thou, Romola? From here on in Garai has a bit of a career schism in which, with the except...

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Food The New Yorker has a piece about good review of bad restaurants which includes a useful paragraph from Jay Rayner about why writing a...