In this time of heightened everything, how our disagreements will be viewed those who follow us is the last thing on the mind of those who hate-tweet their every thought. Will those in the future will undoubtedly look at us and wonder “what on earth was going on?” This is the premise of Chris Beckett’s latest work, Two Tribes.
Read MoreUthred of Bebbanburg returns for his 12th adventure in Bernard Cornwell’s latest novel, Sword of Kings. Uthred is goaded into returning south to rescue a queen and make a King. Yet Uthred is not getting any younger and the return to London prompts our ageing hero to consider that his days in the shield wall may be coming to an end.
Read More1666: Plague, War and Hellfire is a wonderful narrative history of the fall and rise of London. Bringing a city that was riven with death to vivid life, Rebecca Rideal has crafted a fascinating tale of London in its darkest night before it's glorious dawn.
Read MoreA New Bond film is a special thing. You see all kinds of people excited for something that at the best of times is plain silly fun. With the forth Daniel Craig Bond film, SPECTRE, upon us, we have been having a bit of a golden time with our old 007. While I had issues with Skyfall, hopes for the second Sam Mendes Bond are high. SPECTRE has been out for over a month now and by the half full cinema I saw it in, it is engaging with the masses and raking in a fair amount of coin. The thing is, I really can't see why? This is a Bond film that makes no sense whatsoever and that is based against the history of a franchise where sense has never been a reliable commodity.
Read MoreI hand this review over to my Daughter, coughing from the dust of my Paddington, given to my mother in 1973. It is only right that given how this film made me feel, someone of that nearer that age (Ellie is nearly 12 now... She promised she'd stay 8 too...) should have the final say.
Read MoreThe occasion was to showcase Singleton of Dufftown's two new whiskies, Sunray and Tailfire. Now, it is a known fact that it is just plain wrong to experience new whisky alone. So I grabbed a willing volunteer who was promptly joined by his wife, three's a party you know.
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