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The Pyriten Age of TV
Ignite Cardiff — January 29th 2014 This is what my talk was supposed to say — god knows what I did end up babbling about ☺ Depending on what you read you’ll be told it is a Golden Age. Not of philosophy, science or art. No. It is a golden age of television. It started with HBO and the rise of…
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15 books that matter (to me)
in no particular order Inspired by something I saw on Facebook I’ve spent this morning trying to come up with a list of 15 books that for one reason or another are important to me. I’ve stuck to fiction and despite finding it difficult I haven’t added any comic collections (that is likely to need…
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Heroes of Hell’s Kitchen
The comics behind the Marvel/Netfix announcement I think it is well established I am a comic book geek who also loves his ‘genre’ television shows so it probably comes as no surprise that I let out a little squeal of delight when I read the recent Marvel/Netflix announcement. I have never really had the connection…
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10 things only Bristolians visiting London will understand
Inspired by the UsVsTh3m post :) You thought your accent was barely noticeable, but to people in London you’re basically Ian Holloway I say this as someone with an accent that makes his seem like Prince Charles! 2. And if you have a genuinely broad accent, you have to say everything twice so people understand Especially London…
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Easy Like Sunday Morning (Football)
I was 10 years old the first time I played organised football on a Sunday morning. Long before the advent of smaller pitches and goalmouths for children I played on full sized pitches barely able to see the cross bar let alone touch it and I was lucky to clear the penalty area with my…