Apart from Laurel & Hardy and Abbott & Costello, my favourite comedic couple in the world is French and Saunders. After meeting as students in 1978 at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders have gone onto stellar careers, reaching a collective zenith Continue Reading
Comic book review: Giant Days
Giant Days is one of those comics you fall in love with almost instantly. To be honest, instantly. How can you not? The three main characters – Esther de Groot, Susan Ptolemy and Daisy Wooton, all first year students at the University of Sheffield when the series opens – are Continue Reading
Take a deep breath! Here comes Young Sheldon
SNAPSHOT The show is the story of a young Sheldon Cooper (Ian Armitage), a character Emmy Award-winning actor Jim Parsons made famous in the long-running series. The series is narrated by Parsons as the adult Sheldon, and takes on some of the stories about his childhood that he’s told Continue Reading
Book review: Get Well Soon by Marie-Sabine Roger
Reading a book after watching the movie or TV show is always an interesting exercise (the same applies, but in different ways, to the reverse). Not necessarily because one will be good and one will be bad, but purely because it is always fascinating to see how two creative Continue Reading