Category Archives: Popular Culture

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Behind the scenes with No Time To Die – James Bond

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

As I mentioned in my No Time To Die film review post, I do a James Bond Tour in London and whilst I was meeting tourists for a Winston Churchill and War Rooms Walking Tour, I noticed that the street … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Movies and Films, Popular Culture, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged 007, Daniel Craig, James Bond, No Time To Die, Whitehall | 2 Comments

No Time To Die – James Bond Movie Review

Posted on October 13, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

This review does contain some unusually massive spoilers for the new James Bond film, please consider yourselves warned or as Q would say…. pay attention 007! It’s interesting that this is the first James Bond film where in the famous … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies and Films, Popular Culture | Tagged 007, Daniel Craig, Film Review, James Bond, Léa Seydoux, Movie Review, No Time To Die | 2 Comments

I’ve joined the Clone Club – Orphan Black

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It’s hard to have not noticed that the Olympics have been on for 2-3 weeks recently but I’ve not watched a second of it as I can’t bring myself to support anything to do with TeamGB on the account of … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, television | Tagged Alison Hendrix, Clone Club, Cosima Niehaus, Helena, Orphan Black, Sarah Manning, Tatiana Maslany, television | 4 Comments

Interview with Life’s A Show Writer & Director – Harvey Puttock

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

Last week I posted a short review and link to the comedy short Life’s a Show which I was fortunate enough to be given a preview too. Afterwards I got to chat to writer and director Harvey Puttock about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Popular Culture, writing | Tagged Films, Harvey Puttock, Q&A, Questions and Answers | Leave a comment

Life’s a show – Film Review

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

One of the nice things about doing my blog for this long is that I often get invited to review films. I can’t accept every offer so pick those which I think might be fun or interesting and recently one … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films | Tagged Comedy, Coronavirus Diary, Film Review, Films, Harvey Puttock, Jon Tracy, Life’s a Show | 2 Comments

Going back to the cinema after lockdown to watch The Unholy!

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

As everyone else has awaited the end of lockdown to go to the shops, pubs, eat out or simply to meet up with someone, for me I have been waiting 17 months to go to the cinema. I’ve always loved … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Religion and Faith | Tagged Cinema, Cineworld, Film Review, Films, Horror, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Movie Review, movies, The Unholy | 2 Comments

Roe v. Wade (2021) Movie Review

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It’s been a long time since I did a film review, understandably so as with so much of public life, film-going has been all but shut down at least in the old-fashioned going to the cinema sort of way. Thankfully … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Movies and Films, Opinion, Popular Culture | Tagged Abortion, Film Review, Films, Jon Voight, movies, Nick Loeb, Roe v. Wade | 3 Comments

I just watched the last year of Game of Thrones and loved it!

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

It’s taken me a Iittle time, well around two years but I finally got round to watching the last year of Game of Thrones. I actually watched the final two years of Game of Thrones in a week as I … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Life, Opinion, television | Tagged Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones Infographics, Jon Snow, Khaleesi, Westeros | 4 Comments

Meeting James Bond in his London apartment!

Posted on January 13, 2021 by Stephen Liddell

On Thursday and Friday last week I did interviews for the Metro and Daily Telegraphs newspapers and so I had to spend a little time going through 2019 photos as the newspaper wants me to send some so as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, London, Movies and Films, Ye Olde England Tours | Tagged 007, James Bond, James Bond Walking Tour of London, Ye Olde England Tours | 1 Comment

Stalin Vs Hitler: A comparison – who was worst?

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Stephen Liddell

It’s a bit of a fools errand trying to compare disasters, discoveries and empires from different time-periods. How can one properly make comparisons between the Roman Empire and the British Empire for example? The Mongol Empire and the French Empire? … Continue reading →