Archiwum miesięczne: Wrzesień 2015

There are a few things certain in this life - and one of them is the brutal call of Monday morning. The alarm kicks in and the usual nine till five begins... There’s no escaping it. But hey! Let’s leap forward and look towards the weekend instead! If there was ever a tune to help us feel upbeat, then The Cure’s ‘Friday I’m in Love’ is it. Name-checking all the days of the week, the song starts off bleak but gets more and more positive - reminding us that the weekend is only…Czytaj dalej …

From time to time the tricky topic of film sequels that are better than the original gets brought up and the answers put forward depends on who you are talking too. Such a topic is completely subjective and opinions change over time. However, there are a couple of films that we have decided to stand by! When The Godfather was released in 1974, it was (quite rightly) regarded as a piece of cinematic genius. But then, just two years later, The Godfather Part II - starring both Al Pacino and Robert De Niro…Czytaj dalej …

Everyone’s got their favourite authors, and it just so happens that my top two happen to hail from Scotland. Perhaps it’s my Nordic roots, perhaps it’s my Celtic ancestry. It could just be a coincidence. I’m not sure. And as it happens, both of the authors happen to share a similar name... go figure. ‘The Wasp Factory’ by Iain Banks was an 18th birthday present from a good friend and after polishing it off, I was hooked. I Soon bought ‘The Bridge’ and ‘Complicity’ (which was turned into a great film) and I…Czytaj dalej …