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Crowning Glory
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The reports of the demise of The Crown on New Oxford Street appear to have been premature. It was closed for refurbishment, not closed full stop. And this being a Sam Smith’s pub that refurbisment was restricted to a new slap of paint on the wa[…]

A Very Good, Bad Film
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Stealth is a very good, bad film. Almost ever part of it is entertainingly risible. Almost every minute flouts all laws of science, its own script AND its own plot logic. Whilst it is slightly overlong, it would probably rock in at one hour less if a[…]

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  1. I think the notion that conservatives can't make art is nonsense. J.R.R.Tolkien and G.K. Chesterton are two of my favorite…

  2. No offense taken! I don't have the ego to have alarms about myself. I do, still, have sufficient fondness for…