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Is it OK for us to celebrate Burns Night?

January 25, 2018 jonathanflemingholmes

[Published: The Daily Telegraph] On 5th August 1786, the Nancy sailed out from Greenock under Captain Andrew Smith. Leaving the…

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Posted in: Books, Culture, Feature, The Daily Telegraph

Suffering for your art: the painful link between migraines and creativity

December 11, 2017 jonathanflemingholmes

[Published: The Daily Telegraph] One day when I was about five, thousands of spiders started spilling from the light above…

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Posted in: Books, Culture, Feature, The Daily Telegraph

I remember the future: on the set of Star Trek Discovery

September 23, 2017 jonathanflemingholmes

[Published: Radio Times] On September 7th 1966, Martin Luther King stopped at an intersection. James Belk, a white gas station attendant,…

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Posted in: Culture, Feature, Radio Times, Television

Will Siri ever learn Scottish?

December 5, 2016 jonathanflemingholmes

Ask any Scottish person who lives in England, or has been to England, or has ever met an English person,…

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Posted in: Feature, Gizmodo, Technology

What is the Bicameral Mind? Westworld’s secret philosophy

November 3, 2016 jonathanflemingholmes

Featured on: io9: A Great Explanation of the Obscure Psychology Theory That Drives Westworld Nerdist: Video explores WestWorld’s Bicameral Mind Theory…

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Posted in: Culture, Gizmodo, Humour, Television, Video

Chris Evans asked 167 questions about Captain America: Civil War

May 29, 2016 jonathanflemingholmes

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Posted in: Culture, Humour, Movies, Video

Could AI win a Pulitzer?

April 3, 2016 jonathanflemingholmes

[Published: The Guardian] Look closely at what many journalists write about artificial intelligence – from AlphaGo’s triumph at the ancient…

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Posted in: Feature, Technology, The Guardian

Is the BBC worth the money?

September 22, 2015 jonathanflemingholmes

[Published: Radio Times] Is the BBC worth the money? The BBC. £12.13 each month. Worth the money?Read more: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-09-22/radio-times-poll-shows-massive-public-support-for-bbc Posted…

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Posted in: Data, Radio Times, Video

Why Benedict Cumberbatch fans are the perfect audience for Hamlet

August 5, 2015 jonathanflemingholmes

[Published: Radio Times] Picture the scene: the curtain swings open, the lights of the Barbican fade up. Benedict Cumberbatch sidles…

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Posted in: Comment, Culture, Humour, Radio Times

Mad Men series finale review: never has happily-ever-after been so shocking

May 21, 2015 jonathanflemingholmes

[Published: Radio Times] “There is no ‘system’. The universe is indifferent.” Don Draper, 1960 … “Om.” Don Draper, 1970 As…

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Posted in: Culture, Radio Times, Review, Television

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