How easy is it to define the eighties? Is it just the policies of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher? The star persona of someone like Tom Cruise? Or do fictional representations like American Psycho and Stranger Things better embody the decade? Emerging at the height of the zeitgeist, whilst simultaneously...
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As undoubtedly both disappointing and weird that the Millennium Dome experience proved to be (but that’s an entirely different story), strangely, it is still notable for providing the conclusion to a British comedy classic, Blackadder. Ten years on from Blackadder goes Forth, Richard Curtis and Ben Elton ended the series...
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Alton Towers has always been unique: situated within the grounds of the former country estate of the Earls of Shrewsbury, it offers a strange blend of the gothic architecture of the 19th century, and modern leisure entertainment. When you take a look at its marketing however, things become altogether stranger....
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As a fan, Doctor Who is inherently frustrating: as a show, it has pretensions of endless variety but is instead largely formulaic. Every once in while an episode will come along that truly pushes the boat out in terms of what the show can do but such brilliance, as realised...
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Since peaking in popularity in the nineties, the character of Mr. Blobby has seemingly never left the public consciousness. With steady appearances on daytime TV and light entertainment shows, he injects a sense of controlled anarchy missing from an increasingly sanitised landscape. He appeared in Peter Kay’s now infamous ‘Is...
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A train pulls into a Northern Town and another stranger goes missing on the Moors… At a glance, the opening episode of the BBC comedy series The League of Gentlemen feels like something straight out of 1970s horror, both real and imagined. The presentation of the outsider encountering the strange...
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If we are to understand anything about the horror genre, it’s that its priorities lie, more often than not, in wanting to scare the audience. Understandably so, the genre has developed around its defining feature and has attempted to maximise its selling potential in this regard, but it’s hard not...
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“How do I feel? Empty? Check. Scared? Check. Alone? Check. Just another ordinary day.” – Mark Corrigan, 2007. There’s nothing quite like Channel 4’s Peep Show, a series that’s equal parts comic and tragic (in the traditional sense). As a certified cult-classic, it never achieved high ratings in its time,...
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On Sunday, 7 September 2025, Pope Leo XIV made history as a crowd of 80,000 gathered in St. Peter’s square to celebrate the canonisation of Carlo Acutis, the Church’s first Millennial saint. During the open-air Mass, “God’s influencer” was granted sainthood alongside Pier Giorgio Frassati (a twenty-four-year-old Italian who died...
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The cornerstone of all travel journalism has always been destination advice: from familiar favourites to hidden treasures, consumers can gain trustworthy advice on where and where not to go. Even social media, though less highbrow, now offers travellers fairly valuable insights that can influence their next trip abroad. Therefore, if...
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