Tag Archives: Spark

"You been stealing from the poor and unsuspecting dead again?". A Christmas Carol comes to Reading with some unexpected adaptations.

To best describe The Princess Switch would be to say that I had to watch 3 hours of Mrs Maisel afterwards just to settle myself. Of course there are many movies that are so bad they’re good out there, but few that have had me yelling with quite that much passion at the TV.

In October, the video game world celebrated the anniversary of the arrival of a certain archaeologist to the industry – 22 years ago, in 1996, Tomb Raider, featuring Lara Croft, was first released. Given the release of Lara’s newest adventure, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, now seems like a perfect time to reflect on the character’s development, and reception, over time.

The Song of Achilles has been my favourite book for the past 6 or so months now, having been gifted to me by my beloved Classics teacher on the last day of school.

I love Mutant Chronicles. I have tried to write this review several times already, and each time I contemplated the thing in itself, my love for it has only continued to grow. The first thing to say is that it is a very bad film, in the truest sense that a film can be bad. It looks horrible, like someone tried to make a model city out of burnt cardboard and human hair.

With A F Harrold’s new book, The Afterwards being published this month, it seemed like the perfect time to sit down with the man behind the books, and ask him all about what it’s like to be a children’s author and his life in our town of Reading.

The Prince of Wales turned 70 today. In celebration of His Royal Highness’ birthday, a documentary, Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70, aired last week on BBC One, bringing a new light to the previously slightly overlooked royal. Could Prince Charles be the hero we all need?

“Even if we blow each other to pieces, the birds keep on singing.”