The glib advice, if you’re not happy with something in your life, is to change it – but what if there’s nothing in your life that you’re unhappy with but you’re still, you know, unhappy? I haven’t been feeling my best for… a good six months now, really, since we swapped my medication around and […]
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After all my proclamations about 2017 being the year I rediscover my creative spark, I’m ending January having written less than I have in a long time. And, honestly, it feels fantastic. Not counting day job duties, my January output has consisted of 10 blog posts, one radio feature, one magazine column – and weekends. […]
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This review originally appeared on The Arts Desk. So long then, Matt Smith, and thanks for all the fish fingers and custard. I’m sure I wasn’t the only fan left scratching my head as the Eleventh Doctor, clad in smoking jacket and age-enhancing makeup, played out his final scenes – not least because I checked […]
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NB: Contains spoilers for the last series and 2011 Christmas Special of Doctor Who as well as Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia. My friend Kathy at Her Five Dollar Radio, who complains she doesn’t have a blogging ‘voice’ while at the same time posting these fabulous feminist cross-examinations of music and pop culture, recently linked […]
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One of the many things 2010 was supposed to be was the year that I went back to the cinema. I even got myself one of those Cineworld Unlimited cards that I’d abandoned due to lack of use a couple of years ago. I was going to go once a week. I was going to […]
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