The rise of Halloween in the United Kingdom in the last decade, to nearly mirror its popularity in the United States of America, has been remarkable. As a child of the 1980’s and 1990’s, one did mark the 31st October in the home with sweets, supposedly horror themed movies and, if you were lucky, some …
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James Bond – Glamour or Gluttony?
With one of cinema’s most popular and successful franchises looking set to reach its 7th decade, one cannot help but wonder what keeps James Bond relevant in a very different world to the one Ian Fleming created him in during the 1950’s. When Fleming first launched 007 on readers with the novel Casino Royale, the …