Tag: drama
The last night of Hobson’s Choice
Treading the boards is John Savident as the cobbler who must tread carefully.
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
The walls have ears: a painful look at the methods of the former East German regime shines a light on the darkness.
Crash
This ensemble drama about racial prejudice just manages to avoid the risk of oversimplification.
Ma Mère
Director: Christophe Honoré France, 2004 Pierre has too much time on his hands. He’s a sullen, truculent, overweaned, morbid youth who spends his inordinate amount of spare time writing miserable prose and pulling faces at his elders. Ma Mère is all about Pierre and it’s as indolent, ignorant and insolent as he is. Based on …
JSA (Joint Security Area)
A buddy film for those who like their nostalgia – and the sunshine policy – spread on thick.
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De Dolle Oerbier
4/5. Lots of wood in the taste, along with sherry and vanilla and a yoghurty tartness. …
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
Goodbye to RM!
Today is my last day at RM. Next week I’ll be back in Yorkshire after six years away. RM has been a good experience for me, my first in-house job to date, …
- Originally published: 13 Apr 2006 in Editorial
Soggy Buxton
What could be more thrilling than a wet summer’s afternoon in Buxton? Well, I could think of a few things but there wasn’t much point in doing that as we descended into …
- Originally published: 17 Jul 2007 in UK
Caracole Saxo
3/5. Dark gold and just a little cloudy. Lightly floral scent and a touch of something spicy. Very smooth. …
- Originally published: 7 Jun 2010 in Beer
The Gospel According To Jesus Christ
José Saramago Harvill (first published 1999) You can imagine the sort of outraged comments this book will have provoked from many zealous Christians. If online bookseller Amazon certainly intended customer reviews to …
- Originally published: 7 Aug 2008 in Books
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Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant in User Experience and Information Design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.