Monthly Archives: September 2011

WATCH: ‘Resistance’ – Michael Sheen In German-Occupied Britain

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 29th, 2011

Here’s a fairly self-explanitory trailer for the new movie Resistance, directed by Amit Gupta, which stars Michael Sheen as a freedom fighter in an alternative reality where the D-Day landings failed and the Germans invaded ...

Fraser’s Phrases: ‘Spend A Penny’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 29th, 2011

The history of slang is intimately related to the history of taboos, for fairly obvious reasons. If you can’t call a thing it’s proper name for fear of offending delicate sensibilities, and the swear word people most ...

News Roundup: David Beckham Loves His Little Girl

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 28th, 2011

There’s something unique about being the father to a new daughter, as David Beckham has recently discovered. You’re not dealing with a miniaturised version of yourself, and no matter how your raise her, her experience of the ...

Five Great British Scolds

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 28th, 2011

A scold is someone who enjoys pointing out other people’s failings, and normally those are the kind of people you’d want to keep at arm’s length. But in the crazy upside-left world of television, the scold has ...

Royal Roundup: Australia Trip to Put the ‘Queen Back in Queensland’

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on September 27th, 2011

When the Queen travels to Australia next month on an official ten-day state visit, she will officially open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth.

‘Luther’ Star Idris Elba to Appear on G4′s ‘Attack of the Show’

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on September 27th, 2011

Game on, Luther fans: series star Idris Elba will be a guest on G4′s Attack of the Show live tonight at 7 pm ET. This comes one night before the premiere of the latest Luther miniseries, airing Wednesday (September 28) at ...

Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Matt Smith Goes Back To School

By staff | Posted on September 27th, 2011

A group of young students from Oakley Junior School in Hampshire, England were left gobsmacked when Matt Smith made a surprise appearance at their school.

WATCH: What Julian Cope Did Next…

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 27th, 2011

Fans of early ’80s post punk will know who Julian Cope is. He’s the guy who used to front the Teardrop Explodes, got a little lost in acid whimsy, but found himself in the study of neolithic stone circles and the righteous ...

News Roundup: The Tale Of Rihanna And The Farmer From Bangor

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on September 27th, 2011

Once upon a time there was a pop star called Rihanna, and she wanted to make a video for a song. She looked all over for the perfect place to film it, and decided that a field of corn in Bangor, Northern Ireland, was the perfect ...

Royal Roundup: The Queen is ‘Incredible,’ Says William in New Book

By Paul Hechinger | Posted on September 26th, 2011

“She’s my grandmother to me first, and then she’s the Queen,” says Prince William in the new book Our Queen. “Words that come from her, I take very personally and I really appreciate.”