It has been a long time since I’ve written a blog. It’s not that it’s been a deliberate neglection, but rather it has just fallen so far down the priority list this last year, it’s practically been buried into the ground. If you read my little mission statement that I outlined in my very firstContinue reading “Derry Girls- Laugh till you Cry”
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The Good (and lots and lots of Bad) of the European Super League
Yesterday may have been the biggest day in European football history. The announcement that twelve of Europe’s biggest teams, including six from the Premier League, have signed up to a new competition that they can run themselves is truly a seismic moment. I cannot remember a day like it in my time as a footballContinue reading “The Good (and lots and lots of Bad) of the European Super League”
Before Sunrise: So Much More Than an Experiment
I rewatched Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise this week, planning to use it a source for a bibliography I have to write for Uni. It is a risk to return to a film you loved upon first watching it, as the enjoyment can so often be wrapped up in the individual, first-time viewing experience. Seeing itContinue reading “Before Sunrise: So Much More Than an Experiment”
Hometown
It hits me at exactly the same moment every time. We have come off the motorway, taken the third exit and headed along the looping dual carriageway. The familiar farms and fields fly past on either side. We pass a couple of back roads that I know from the days I used to take myContinue reading “Hometown”
What will the Premier League look like in 2025?
The dreaded International Break has come upon us once more and for all football fans, we lose the magic of Premier League and Champions League being on the telly most hours of the day in favour of having to watch England play Albania and f***ing San Marino AGAIN. In light of this break and alsoContinue reading “What will the Premier League look like in 2025?”
The Intouchables: Guaranteed to make you smile.
Let’s be fair. It’s been a shit year. We’ve all needed, at various times, a little pick-me-up and I have found just the film to provide it. The Intouchables or Untouchable, as is the release title in the UK, is one of those films that can’t fail but make you smile. It proved so popularContinue reading “The Intouchables: Guaranteed to make you smile.”
Stoner Review
Sadly, it takes a pretty special book these days for me to feel genuinely excited about reading a novel. Luckily, John William’s Stoner is a pretty special book. I came upon it purely by luck, browsing through WH Smith’s pretty average selection of classics (I used to work for Waterstones so I may be aContinue reading “Stoner Review”
The Last Train Home
Few things are as satisfying as seeing the train, your train, poke it’s head out around the corner of the platform like a tortoise emerging from it’s shell. The noise of the engine approaching, an ever so slight change in the air as wind is pushed in your direction. It is the match that lightsContinue reading “The Last Train Home”
Detectorists: Hidden Gold
We are living in a golden age of television at the moment. Never has there been such quantity or quality consistently available to our watching eyes, with the plethora of streaming services now out there also meaning that there is more content than we could ever want or need. Due to this, it has perhapsContinue reading “Detectorists: Hidden Gold”
A Love Letter to Gavin and Stacey
When Gavin and Stacey returned after ten years with the 2019 Christmas Special, the show also had the chance to return to the public conscience. The truth is it had never left. The 12.3 million viewers that tuned into the special on BBC One on Christmas Day show just how popular and culturally significant theContinue reading “A Love Letter to Gavin and Stacey”
George F Brown 