There aren’t many things that could unite my family around the TV these days without the additional lure of hot food. If England can find a midfield in the next fortnight and make it through to the final of the Euros then that might have an outside chance. At a stretch a Mars landing could …
At the Bernard Butler gig at Gosforth Civic Theatre last night two things became quickly apparent. The first was that Bernard Butler is a thoroughly nice man. The second was that he starts his show on time, regardless of how many people are still in the bar. There was no dimming of the lights or …
Jack Reacher is a retired Military Police officer, formerly of the US Army. He is the lead character in a fantastically successful series of books written by British author Lee Child, which have sold over 100 million copies worldwide. There are 28 Reacher novels in all, and I’ve currently read 27 and a half of …
When I was growing up my four younger sisters and I agreed on very little, and the short list of VHS films that could be played on the big telly was the result of similar levels of discussion and mediation as I would imagine were involved in the Versailles Treaty. Only stone-cold family classics such …
Martin Freeman has come along way since his breakthrough role as Tim in The Office, the Slough based straight man in a workplace staffed by fools and maniacs, who perfected the desperate, wan smile into the camera. He was then famously Dr Watson to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, and went on to star in huge Hollywood …
With a general election looming many people will look to box sets for an escape from the constant baby hoisting, grandstanding, finger pointing and lofty promises. Others will be loving every second, and won’t want the daily political intrigue to end with the ten o’clock news. For those in the second camp, I can heartily …
I’m a pretty big Stephen King fan, and like all pretty big Stephen King fans I’m painfully aware that his books have a patchy record when it comes to transferring to film and TV. For every Shawshank Redemption there’s a Dreamcatcher and a Cell. For every Green Mile there’s a Firestarter and a Dark Tower. …
The first single I bought was Bon Jovi’s Keep The Faith, and my first concert was Bon Jovi at Gateshead Stadium in 1995, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the first music documentary (or rockumentary if you will) I’m recommending is Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story which landed on Disney Plus on April …
Over the course of our children’s lives a number of ‘go to’ options have developed in our family; staple items that are guaranteed to deliver without the need for a referee or a committee. Need to knock up a quick tea? Defrost a pot of my wife’s homemade pasta sauce. Looking for an activity everyone …
A miniature white coffin filled with blonde locks is brought to the stage and signals the start of Truly, Madly Baldly – the story of writer and lead performer Sam Macgregor’s experiences with alopecia. We were gathered upstairs at Laurels Theatre for the show, which is framed as a humanist memorial for Sam’s gone but …
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