Film, TV & Book Reviews

The very short version of this review reads as follows: If you haven’t read High Fidelity, read that. If you like High Fidelity, read Good Material (after watching the ...

By Richard Howells I have to be honest – I didn’t actually watch the first episode of the classic TV series Friends when it originally aired in the US on ...

I have three children and tbh at times it can be slightly overwhelming. So I am intrigued by those who appear on my social media feeds with eight or more ...

By Philippa Tracy JD Vance has been making headlines again. This time following the recent deadly shootings by a 14-year-old boy at Apalachee High School in Georgia. He has been ...

Stephen King is perhaps the most influential author of the century in popular culture, and his works have often been adapted into movies, series, games and even serve as a ...

I was engrossed in this story of two ghosts working to solve a series of mysteries. The boys of Dead Boy Detectives are helped by a psychic medium, who can ...

Dave Eggers has been a big name since the publication of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, which I saw around but never bothered to read since the title was ...

Nobody has time to waste. There are so many things to do. So, when it comes to sitting down and watching a film or series, nobody likes to feel they’...

The idea was too tempting to pass up: taking one of the most outlandish tweets from then-President Trump in 2018 – his plan to establish a military branch dedicated to defending and ...

If you’re going to tell a story that even your narrator acknowledges is unoriginal, you’ve effectively got three methods of ensuring your story is better than other, similar ...

The streaming platform Netflix’s decision to air the series Famagusta led to a spat between Turkey and Greece on Monday, with high-ranking government figures from both countries expressing their ...

Life is not a fairy tale. There’s no knight in shining armour, no happily ever after and the princess doesn’t need saving. She just wants equal pay. But ...

When Too Hot to Handle first launched four years ago, I was sceptical, to say the least. The premise sounded absurd: a group of fit, single people “stranded” on a ...

By Philippa Tracy Claire Lombardo’s debut novel was described by The Observer, as a literary love child of Jonathan Franzen and Anne Tyler. How could I resist? Two great ...

Movies are supposed to be the great escape, the pathway to the fantastical where the mundane and boring are left behind. We love movies for the lies they tell us ...

FOMO is ruling the world. That’s Fear Of Missing Out and though it tends to resolve itself as one gets older, both children and adults feel it. Now, imagine ...

If Wikipedia is to be believed (and what kind of a world would we be living in if we couldn’t make our way with this one certainty to hand?), ...

By 2050 a total of 72 per cent of Cyprus will be at risk of desertification, according to a climate change report issued in 2022. Although if you stepped out at any point ...

Step into the world of Ina Garten, where everything is perfectly in its place. The table is perfectly set – with linen napkins, of course, and white wine glasses – and the ...

I’ve never really been a fan of parades. A long stream of people and things marching past with seemingly the whole point being made up of waiting for the ...

Movies are the great escape, the fantastical way out of an otherwise boring and mundane existence. We love movies but we fall in love with those that cross with our ...

What does the world’s most famous cheerleading team have in common with Cyprus? Nothing right? That’s what I thought too – until I sat down to watch Netflix’ newest ...

By Philippa Tracy In this short novel about first love, growing up and relationships, Rose Tremain’s 17th, she brilliantly recreates an England of the 1950s and 1960s. It is ...

Everyone saw the Deadpool and Wolverine success coming. The irreverent, R-rated superhero movie about a fourth-wall-breaking merc had everything going for it: being the third part of a highly profitable ...