...I came across a book with the title Slaughter in the Cotswolds, by Rebecca Tope. The contradiction of images struck me as so brilliant I just had to share it with you....

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...the most celebrated creation of Albert Uderzo and the late René Goscinny. Asterix turned 50 yesterday, the first page of his first adventure, Asterix the Gaul, having appeared in the first issue of the magazine Pilote on October 29,...

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At one point, J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was my favourite book. That may no longer be true, but if so I'm unable to think of another book that would claim the throne in its place. In terms...

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I gave up on Joss Whedon's Season 8 comic book continuation of Buffy the Vampire Slayer after Issue 14, having been thoroughly disappointed by this official follow-up to the television series. I genuinely didn't think it would be possible to...

Posted at 9:52 PM in Books