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Why you should be watching Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
If you’re into subtle television programming, then let’s get one thing out of the way: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is not for you. Watching the show is like showering in glitter, attending…
What to watch now Broadchurch is over
It’s been a week since Broadchurch ended, and I don’t know about you but I’ve mainly spent the last 7 days thinking the same two things. 1 – Broadchurch had…
TV for sick days
Recently I’ve had a bit of time off work ill. Not the kind of ill where you’re throwing up, the kind of ill where you can’t be bothered engaging with…
You should probably join a Book Club
There’s a word I hate, and that word is “hobby”. It hurts coming out of my mouth and it hurts my ears and it calls to mind over-active pre-teens and…
A 2015 reading list for every type of bookworm (a work in progress)
Reading has always been my “thing”, but for various reasons last year I just didn’t get much done. A combination of moving houses and cities, selling my house and starting…
4 funny podcasts to fill the gaping hole that Serial left
So Serial – the weekly podcast following the murder mystery of Hae Min Lee in 1999, for which her ex boyfriend was convicted without sufficient evidence – is over. Until…
Discovering Justin Furstenfeld
It’s no secret that I’m a massive pop junkie, but what you may not know is that I’m also a huge fan of anything even vaguely acoustic. There’s something about…
Slenderman – The geekiest way to scare yourself shitless
I have always had a sick obsession with scaring myself silly. As a child, halloween took pride of place over Christmas, I constantly begged for my mum to rent age…
X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing? This is the only choice you get for the rest of your life
If you read any TV-based entertainment news while you’re actually supposed to be working, you’d be forgiven for believing that your televisual choices for the duration of winter are: Watching…
5 awesome Autumn indulgences that involve chocolate
I can smell Autumn creeping in, and I’m dead pleased. Aside from a far lower risk of sunburn, we get to crunch through crispy leaves, wrap up in super sexy long coats,…
10 reasons why watching Made in Chelsea is good for your soul
10. It really hammers home the point that money doesn’t buy happiness. Everyone always says it, but when you’re living in a windowless converted garage and eating popcorn for…
Theatre Review – The Man Who Would Be King
The coming of Edinburgh means new young actors and writers springing up and testing their material on tough London audiences before heading north. I went and saw Who Shot Liberty…