The ethics of robots in the workplace
Reece Goodall explores the potential issues with robots in the workplace.
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Reece Goodall
Ditching the resolutions
The New Year has rolled in – 2019 is upon us, and everyone has no doubt making their resolutions to be a better person, giving up on their vices or somehow changing their life for the better. And by the time you read this, it’s incredibly likely that, if you...
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Will 2019 be the year of the breakaway competition?
The Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty has been making waves, but this time, he’s out of the water. There’s controversy in the swimming world, as the world governing body FINA has threatened to prevent swimmers who raced in the new International Swimming League (ISL) from competing in next year’s World...
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Upstart Crow – ‘A Crow Christmas Carol’
When you actually take a good hard look at this year’s TV Christmas line-up, there’s not a whole lot on that’s really that festive. Perhaps the best offering is this year’s Upstart Crow Christmas special, ‘A Crow Christmas Carol’, in which the Shakespearean sitcom reimagines the work of another classic...
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The Dead Room review
It’s not often that I watch BBC4, but I make sure to tune in every year on Christmas Eve for a night of ghost stories. Since Dickens, hauntings and spectres have been a Christmas staple, and there seems something incredibly fitting about knuckling down and enjoying a bit of fright. This year, Mark Gatiss has written a new ghost story for the channel - The Dead Room is a wonderful homage to the classic ghost story, powered by a fantastic performance by Simon Callow, if not necessarily by its scares.
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How to make a Christmas number one
At this time of year, there are lots of questions in the air – what will Santa be bringing me? Which members of the family will you see? Is it going to snow? And, if you’re a music fan, what will be the Christmas number one? Being on top of...
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‘Not Going Out’ live episode review
What do you know? Not content with offering just one fantastic live and holiday-related instalment of a show I liked (the Inside No 9 Halloween episode), the BBC pulls another one out of the bag. Lee Mack’s family sitcom Not Going Out returned for a live Christmas special that, although...
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Why Michael Keaton is the underrated actor of our time
If I asked you to name one of the greatest actors working today, who would you pick? A choice that may not immediately spring to mind is Michael Keaton, despite him being one of the few actors who never turns in dud performances, and whose range – both acting and...
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Doctor Who series 11 review
As Series 11 of Doctor Who comes to end, our writers look back at the ten episodes and give their thoughts on the series as a whole.
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“A must-watch experience”: a review of ‘Over The Top’
Reece Goodall reviews the Belgrade Theatre's alternative pantomime, 'Over The Top', a play about the end of the First World War and the beginning of the suffragette movement.
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An evening with snooker greats
Reece Goodall looks back on an enjoyable evening spent with some of his snooker heroes.
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Phones at concerts – the final call?
It’s a situation we’re all familiar with. You’ve gone out to watch a show – a gig, a comedian, whatever – and you’re sitting there, enjoying the action when you see the tell-tale flickers of a phone screen. Sometimes it’s a stealthy movement, but normally you’ll see phones rise up...
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The rise of the job simulator and ‘working’ in games
Whatever you think of video games, they’re great as a leisure activity – what better way to relax that putting your feet up after a hard day’s work and immersing yourself in a digital world? The idea that games should be a form of escapism is entirely sensible, and that’s...
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