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What we like right now…whistle blowers, whacky comedy and the written word

by Jo Willett on February 23, 2015 in Books, Comedy, Film, Television, Uncategorized with No Comments

Stuart is immersed in The English and Their History by Robert Tombs.

Jo enjoyed the Channel 4 documentary The Secret Life of Four Year Olds.  Good to know that extroverts don’t make the best team-members when it comes to building a base.

We’ve both laughed at Asylum on BBC4.  Congrats to Peter Bowden and Thom Phipps for a witty script.

And at Kingsman.   Kingsman


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The Devoniads – film

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by Jo Willett on February 16, 2015 in Drama, Film, What we like right now with No Comments

Post-BAFTAs but pre-Oscars, here are the 2015 Film Devoniads:

Most Annoying Film: Birdman

Most Haunting Film:  FoxcatcherFoxcatcher

 

Best Documentary:  Twenty Feet from Stardom 

Ending most longed-for:  UnbrokenUnbroken

Best Cameo:  Lorelei Linklater doing her Britney Spears impression in Boyhood.

Best Hats:  Testament of Youth Testametn of Youth beret

Best Performance:  Dominic West in PrideDominic West in Pride

Feelgood Movie:  Paddington


Tags: film, What we like right now

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Which comes first: the heating or the Internet?

by Stuart Rock on February 12, 2015 in Business with No Comments

We all value fast broadband at home but for all small businesses it’s become a necessity. Read my latest Huffington Post blog


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The 2015 Devoniads – Theatre

by Jo Willett on February 02, 2015 in Drama, Theatre with No Comments

Inspired by the BAFTAs and the Oscars, here are the Theatre Devoniads 2015:

Best Performance:  Helen McCrory for MedeaHelen McRory as Medea

Best Theatrical Networking: Premiere of Wolf Hall at RSC Stratford with Hilary Mantel in the audience giving approval.

Most Thought-Provoking Production:  James Graham’s Privacy at the Donmar Warehouse.

Joshua McGuire in Privacy Photo by Johan Persson 5Most Surprising and Delightful:  The Knight of the Burning Pestle at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

Most Uncomfortable and Back-Ache-Making:  The Knight of the Burning Pestle at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

Most Disappointing Night in the Theatre:  A Small Family Business at The National.

Best Design:  Fathers and Sons at The Donmar Warehouse.

Fathers and Sons Telegraph

Best Play for All Ages:  Shakespeare in Love in the West End.

Best Musical Experience:  Kiss Me Kate at the Proms.

Best Theatrical Event:  Rona Munro’s The James Plays at the National.

Best Speech: Sofie Grabol in The James Plays on the Scots.

Sofie Grabol in James Plays

 

 


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