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'Civil War' (2024)
For many, Civil War will be defined by a single line delivered by a man wearing camouflage and carrying a rifle: “Okay. What kind of...

Chris Rogers
Apr 25, 20244 min read


A most horrid flame; or, the fragility of culture
Footage this week of the old Copenhagen Bourse burning, complete with toppling spire, inevitably recalled Paris’s conflagration five...

Chris Rogers
Apr 20, 20243 min read


Britain’s High (Low?) Street
Oxford Street is, we are told, experiencing what has been described variously as a rebound, a recovery or a revival. The tatty American...

Chris Rogers
Apr 13, 20246 min read


‘Dune: Part Two’ (2024)
Cinema can provide an escape from reality and science fiction is supposed to foretell the future. You have to choose your film wisely,...

Chris Rogers
Mar 17, 20244 min read


BT phone home
Hotels provide a home away from home regardless of price, location or style and whether they were purpose-built or converted. Indeed some...

Chris Rogers
Feb 21, 20242 min read


Devices and desires
Microsoft is to allow games developed for its Xbox to be made available on other companies’ consoles; arch rival Sony may be having...

Chris Rogers
Feb 17, 20245 min read


The Substitutions of Sir Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott had to recast Napoleon after the pandemic affected industry schedules worldwide; the same problem affected House of Gucci,...

Chris Rogers
Jan 20, 20245 min read
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