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Life After much thought, I'm taking a break of Twitter for a week which means my hands are idle and though there are jigsaws to do and...

Life The lock-down continues. How has it been for you? For various reasons we're pretty much permanently self-isolating, so I bare...

Film Wanting to revisit cinema's back catalogue but not knowing where to start, I decided to pluck a month out from the past and try t...

Film Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo are still continuing with their Radio 5 show despite the lock-down. During Friday's programme, Sim...

'Bird of Prey' Filmmaker Cathy Yan Reflects on Box Office and Scene She Fought For: "In a wide-ranging interview, the direct...

Theatre   During his interview for Playing The Dane, the BBC documentary which sparked this project, Richard Briers when asked what was pe...

Life After a fairly grim anxiety-fueled couple of days last week, on Saturday night, oddly after watching the Panorama about Harvey Weinst...

New on the streaming services. Hustlers , one of the best films from last year, has been added Amazon Prime. Season Four of Veronica...

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New on the streaming services. Classic indie Big Night , directed by Stanley Tucci, has been added to Netflix . Although perhaps not th...

Books This thrilling disquisition on how broadcasting during World War II shaped the BBC has really struck a chord as the same organisatio...

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New on the streaming services. The Veronica Mars film has appeared on Amazon's Starz channel ahead of the fourth season turning up...

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New on streaming services. With a heavy heart I paused my Cinema Paradiso subscription last night having decided to stay at home, so the...