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The Gent

Back in the days before people were able to sell a home via the internet because they are in that much of a hurry, some people used to say to me that I was ‘old before my time’ and I never did know what that meant. Just because, like the other children, I used to wear my neat little suit and tie and polished black shoes, that meant that I was somehow strange. This continued all through school. In fact, Read the rest of this entry »

Good TV

Television: where would people be without it? Probably quite bored and lacking coverage of such wonderous things as knowing in-depth about Cellulite treatment and the flying behaviour of the rarest birds of pray is where. They’d also be forced to make conversation, which is a terrifying thought for our technologically obsessed generation.

I have never been a fan of TV, and that’s putting it mildly. Strangely, though, I love watching films. But I have a good argument to back this Read the rest of this entry »

How Much Do You know?

Energy-efficiency: two very simple words that become anything but simple when spoken in a room full of scientists and the arguments begin. The arguments go on–and on–and they really don’t end, do they? The fact is, they will never end. Because it’s a fight to the death: our world economy against the planet. Who will win? Not something you want to think about for too long–

There are two approaches to energy-saving and energy-efficiency: number 1 is the simplified version, Read the rest of this entry »

Just Rip It

Some things in life I can tolerate, others I simply can not and will not attempt to. And I am an extremely tolerable person so I feel I am qualified to make such a profound and moving statement. One of the things which regularly keeps me awake at night is the following: people who don’t dare rip wrapping-paper and instead prefer to carefully undo it without damaging it like some kind of bespoke packaging. If ever there was something Read the rest of this entry »

Supermarket Accolade

Don’t get me wrong, PG Tips has its heart in the right place. It’s OK tea. It’s fine if you don’t know your tea. It’s the Coldplay of the tea world. But instead of samey pop-music with just enough edge to stir the bowels of the dead, it’s samey tea with just enough character to be recognized as Tea. But that’s all. Put it next to Tea legend Yorkshire Tea and it’s a bit like David and Goliath. Only in Read the rest of this entry »

The state of video games today

As technology has progressed, so have video games. Gone are the days of two dimensional scrolling across a screen to fight bad guys with only two buttons. Instead, now we have almost cinematic quality graphics that allow superbly designed characters to explore lush and epic three dimensional worlds that can be truly beautiful to look at.

The gaming world has actually become a bigger money earning industry than the movies, which is astonishing considering how long movies have been around Read the rest of this entry »