The Namesake is super, man

April 03 3 Comments Category: Culture

It’s no secret that I saw Superman Returns six times last year (and that’s not including DVD viewings). I own both Spider-man films, eagerly await the next, and have all but the Joel Schumacher Batman outings.
It’s not that I particularly like men in tights, though some may suspect otherwise; or that I have a hero [...]

Death of a celebrity

January 18 1 Comment Category: Culture

In the eastern Indian city of Patna protesters are burning an effigy that is said to resemble the organisers of Channel 4’s reality TV show, Celebrity Big Brother. It looks very much to me like a standard, two plank wooden frame, cloaked in a burning white salwar kameez. Now, I’ve met John de Mol, co-founder [...]