Archive for February, 2010
Should I Shop Local? Or Express Myself?
If you’ve had the telly on, like at all, recently you’ll have been subjected to the latest wave of advertising chatter about ‘Real Baskets’ and ‘Roll Back’, and seen the latest dispatches from the supermarket price comparison arms race. But how far can these [Read More]
Ricky Gervais’ Immaculate Deception: The Invention of Lying Review
The latest Ricky Gervais comedy film, The Invention of Lying, is released on DVD and Blu-ray on 1st February and if you’re a fan of Gervais’ comedy then it’s definitely worth a look. Gervais’ directorial film debut bears all the hallmarks of quality we’ve come to [Read More]
Shahid Afridi and the ICC
Afridi’s recent ball-tampering was supposedly an act of ‘desperation’ on his part. His apparent biting of the ball in an effort to damage the surface and cause it to behave unusually is part of a more general trend to try and expediate the deterioration of the cricket [Read More]
Fiction in the Kitchen: The Daily Mail on the Come Dine with Me Scandal
In the absence of any actual scandals, the Daily Mail has got its big white M&S undies in rather a twist at Channel 4’s cult afternoon hit Come Dine With Me. It has emerged that, for fairly sensible and self-explanatory reasons, some contestants on the celebrity [Read More]
