The Nintendo Switch

Alongside Breath of the Wild came something else – something I had craved since I first learned its true nature back in October. Previously known as the NX, Nintendo gave a glimpse of the Switch, a tantalising look at their home/handheld hybrid console. Early reactions were cautiously positive. Nintendo, who would often try out new […]

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Breath of the Wild – Impressions and Thoughts

It’s been nearly a month since I got my grubby paws on the Nintendo Switch and Breath of the Wild. Nearly a month to savour the experience that I had anticipated almost breathlessly since the first trailer for the game dropped last year. Breath of the Wild was a game that I was prepared to […]

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Battle Lines Drawn? The 2017 Australian Grand Prix

The dawn of a new era in Formula 1 began this morning with the promise of faster cars and more durable tyres – this proved to be more or less true, as did pre-season predictions about team pace – Ferrari are back, and they mean business. In qualifying the story was a familiar one from […]

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Breath of the Wild Chapter 10 – The End?

I was facing a choice. Did I take my time and continue to explore? Did I seek out all the memories and mysteries this vast game still held? Or did I take on the big bad? To begin with, I looked for memories. I poked around for dragons. One of my finds was a skeletal […]

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F1 2017 Round 1 – Australia 

It’s back! The long wait is over, testing is done, and it’s time to see what the new cars can do. Melbourne Australia is the venue for the opening round of the 2017 world championship – will Ferrari take the fight to Mercedes, will Red Bull shake things up, and will McLaren even finish?  This […]

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We won’t Bend

Here’s the thing. Great Britain, the country I call home, has endured a lot down the years. Near-daily bombings in World War II. Decades of IRA bombs during the Troubles. We aren’t going to ‘bend the knee’ to terrorism now. 

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Wire-Tapping

I mean, come on people. This is where the surge to right-wing populism is heading. Donald Trump is the embodiment of what is wrong with this worrying trend, and he keeps demonstrating what this does – his latest move? Accusing Obama of spying on him, and implicating Britain, a long-time staunch ally of the US, […]

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