Tag Archives: UK
Television: The Walking Dead – Season 3: Episode 1 – The Review (Spoilers Alert)
The dead returned to walk the shores of the UK last night with the return of award-winning American zombie apocalypse show, The Walking Dead on FX. I wouldn’t exactly call myself a fan of the zombie sub-genre, it is so easy to parody and frankly almost all of the shows and films I’ve seen unintentionally […]
London 2012: My 15 most memorable moments
So after seven long years of hype and speculation the London 2012 Olympic Games have come and gone. I think it’s fair to say that few people anticipated the way the games have inspired the nation, bringing a sense of pride and self-respect to the United Kingdom which has not been felt for many years, […]
Music: New Zealand talent on the rise!
New Zealand is not really known for having a prospering international music industry, especially when you compare it to the Australian mammoth music industry which has produced international superstars such as Kylie Minogue, Delta Goodrem and Jason Donovan. Ladyhawke is potentially the most successful New Zealand break-through act at least in terms of a British […]
London 2012: Reigniting Pride in Britain?
Before the Opening Ceremony, London 2012 had become one of those events that seems to transcend everything else with the general message that if you can bring an Olympic angle into any story, be it about sport in school or a murder in East London, then more is the better. But London 2012 has surpassed […]
Is Wales’ language policy slowly suffocating the nation?
Wales is the only country on the planet that seems to actively dissuade its population from achieving high standards of English. I’m a fan of strong and controversial statements, but I don’t believe that this one is particularly exaggerated, though I think it might open me up to extreme criticism from certain elements within Welsh […]
At this exact moment in time…
Life for a twenty-something Briton sucks. We are, I believe, one of the most unlucky generations of the modern age. It’s a big statement, but when you think about it not hugely hyperbolic. Just to take my life to date as an example. I was brought up in a small cockle-picking Welsh village near Swansea by […]
Owen Jack Williams 