GETTING INTO GAMING… AGAIN
Copy: Creative Times 08/11/2011 >> I spotted a retro videogaming night in the Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester recently. A good idea – but an event called Get Into Gaming takes the notion of social […]
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REVIEW: BRITNEY SPEARS @ M.E.N ARENA
Copy: The National 9/11/11 >> The Britney Spears’ gig in Manchester last weekend was a really curious experience. Armed with a notebook – she plays in Abu Dhabi in Friday so I was writing a […]
IS FILM DEAD? OR JUST DYING?
Copy: The National, 07/11/11 >> No, not films. Film. The ever-increasing use of digital (take Gareth Edwards brilliant Monsters from last year, entirely shot using a digital camera) means the likes of Panavision aren’t even […]
Shakespeare film is pretty anonymous
Copy: The National, 06/11/11 >> So, Shakespeare didn’t write some of the greatest plays ever committed to paper. Well, that’s the conclusion of Roland Emmerich’s new film Anonymous – and it’s caused a right fuss […]
ARE CEOs THE NEW CELEBRITIES?
Copy: The National, 2/11/11 >> The outpouring of grief surrounding Steve Jobs death was interesting. Was there the same public display of affection when John Logie Baird, inventor of the television, died in 1946? And […]