Guest Author – Life’s Too Short to compare everything to The Office

BBC’s new comedy, Life’s Too Short, produced in tandem with HBO, is the latest brainchild of writing duo Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais. Their genius is almost beyond argument, The Office changed the face of modern comedies and launched Gervais into the public consciousness. But is their latest offering any good?

The show revolves [...]

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Guest Author – Smells Like a Classic

“Most of Nevermind is packed with generic punk- pop that has been done by countless acts from Iggy Pop to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The band has little or nothing to say, settling for moronic ramblings by singer – lyricist Cobain” – Steve Morse, Boston Globe 1991.

In 2005, the Library of Congress [...]

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Guest Authors – Out of Left Field

‘Those who stand for nothing, fall for anything’, so wrote Alexander Hamilton, in the 18th Century and isn’t it really true today? This year have we stood up for what we believe?

Education In 12 months of the ConDem regime we have lost a listening Secretary of State, replaced by one who has robbed [...]

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