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The show’s premise sounds less fresh in the post-MCU era – it basically followed a motley crew of supposed normies struggling to cope with their superhuman powers – but the execution was initially superb. The first…
The emerging songwriter is the latest country hopeful to emerge from Canada, a nation with a powerfully strong country heritage. Now based in Nashville, his debut EP ‘Complicated’ was a phenomenon on its release, with…
What’s the view from your sofa? We live in Penarth, a seaside town just outside of Cardiff. It’s the fifth house that my husband Arran and I have renovated, but we’ve always done it as somewhere to live, as opposed to…
It’s partly – like so many things – Jimmy Carr’s fault. “He teases me about the number of non-fiction books I put out,” admits Susie Dent. (There are, indeed, 12 of them available on Amazon.) But her new, “nervous” foray…
It transpired that the BBC’s top brass were becoming increasingly nervous about the scenes between Cashman’s character Colin and his romantic partner Barry – specifically them sharing the first gay kiss on the lips in a…
“Boxing is a criminal enterprise,” declares Nicholas Pinnock’s character Kingsley Marshall in the first episode of Fightland. “Always has been, always will be.” Kingsley, to be clear, isn’t a copper, politician or…
In a case of life imitating art, Esther Smith and Rafe Spall – who play adoptive parents Nikki and Jason in Apple TV family comedy Trying – have had their first child together in real life. Now, as the on- and off-screen…
Ahead of the BBC Proms' Bond and Beyond night, we look at some of the best 007 songs as chosen by those who have worked on the iconic franchise's music. From Dame Shirley Bassey and Sam Smith, to composer David Arnold…
Never could get the hang of them, as someone once said. Anyway, my good lady wife Trottie and I decided to test the young turks on their knowledge of The Trade, as I persist in calling my vocation (bookselling, not…
The re-release marks the 30th anniversary of the breakthrough album, which helped pave the way for the big beat movement of the late ’90s. Advertisement Released in 1996, ‘Better Living Through Chemistry’ was the first…