SNAPSHOTFor 34 years, New York Sanitation worker, Nelson Molina collected items in the trash on his route in East Harlem. Over 45,000 items, all catalogued and organized on the second floor of the M11 garage. Nelson retired from the job in 2015, but comes to the garage routinely to check Continue Reading
Easter festival 2020: Vicar of Dibley’s “The Easter Bunny”
One thing that British sitcoms have always excelled at is mixing serious moments into their usually buoyant silly comedy. It’s not easy to do; when you’re cracking jokes at a million miles an hour, whether verbally or visually, misplaced moments of serious emotion can arrive like hard-slammed brakes, stopping the Continue Reading
Book review: The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
When aliens invade Earth, as they are so wont to do, things don’t quite go according to planned. The Ilori, arriving as invading forces often do, with an overwhelming power and force designed to cower the indigenous population into easily-controlled submission, find humanity easily rattled and prone to shoot, a Continue Reading
It’s time for another brightly-coloured adventure! Say hello to “Chickabella Counts to Ten”
SNAPSHOTAre you looking for a counting story to read aloud with your kids? Chickabella is back for another adventure. Join Chickabella as she closes her eyes for a game of hide and seek with her family and friends. Little ones will love counting down with Chickabella, joining in with each Continue Reading
The challenges of love and sobriety: Thoughts on Feel Good
“And they all lived happily ever after” would have to be the most loaded phrases ever attached to any story ever. It’s a lovely idea and one we clearly want to embrace since everything from the fairytales to romantic comedies to Hallmark cards like lovestruck limpets to the idea that Continue Reading
Book review: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Rather fittingly given the precarious viral-afflicted times in which humanity currently finds itself, Emily St. John Mandel is best known for a book which examines the aftermath of a pandemic that sweeps across the globe in a frighteningly fast timeframe, taking over 99% of people with it, leaving civilisation in Continue Reading
COVID-19 retro movie festival: Away We Go #MovieReview
With COVID-19 cutting a swathe through just about everything worldwide, it’s no surprise that cinema is being as affected as anything else. In just one day, one of my favourite cinema chains temporarily closed, the Sydney Film Festival was cancelled, the French Film Festival was postponed and my other favourite Continue Reading
Our COVID-19 addled world may be grim right now but John Krasinki has Some Good News for you!
SNAPSHOTThe Quiet Place writer and director recently asked his Twitter followers for uplifting stories that might be getting lost in the deluge of bad news. Their responses inspired him to make his own new show, filmed safely from his home. And the stories he shares genuinely made us feel better. They Continue Reading
Book review: Gulliver’s Wife by Lauren Chater
In our modern age, we have become accustomed to the idea that equality and justice are, if not always in palpable evidence, then at least attainable in some form, however incomplete. No one would argue (apart from some deluded misogynistic men on Twitter of which there are sadly far too Continue Reading
M*A*S*H ended its TV run 37 years ago but it has something to say about COVID-19, trust us
“I have sincerely believed for a long time that whatever issue life puts in front of us MAS*H had a solution. I had some pent up creative energy today, so I did this while you were all cleaning your closets and such.” (Frank Vaccarriello via Laughing Squid) M*A*S*H was, and Continue Reading