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Summer 1983, a beach in Yugoslavia (now Croatia).

This was my first holiday abroad that I’d paid for from my own wage packet, and I was sunning it up with my mates Colin and Jon.

Being music lovers we’d all brought along half a suitcase full of cassettes, our walkpersons and a truckload of extra batteries.

Whilst listening to most of our music privately, Colin had also brought along a small...

"Why are you taking off a week from work again?"

The question hangs in the office as I nervously shift in my seat, whilst my holiday plans were innocent enough a month or so ago the increased mainstream coverage and my desktop wallpaper have betrayed my true intentions...

"Halo 3 comes out that week; I plan to do nothing but spend a week sat in my pants shooting aliens in the face like the kick ass space marine this mind numbing job makes me wish I was...

“The philosophy boils down to that if we combine information about production processes, buying power and compassionate hearts then something good will come out of it.”

To most people the concept of moral purchasing is probably something they do without even realising it; whether it’s with huge issues like not buying Milky Bars anymore because you think Nestle is “contributing to the unnecessary death and suffering of babies” or more trivial buying decisions like not picking up Transformers...

Widescreen Cinema – A History of How Widescreen Films Have Been Shot and Viewed

Acknowledgements

My primary text for writing this short piece was John Belton’s Widescreen Cinema. It was particularly useful when researching the history of Cinerama, CinemaScope and widescreen cinema formats in general. Additional information can be found at The American Widescreen Museum website, and Wikipedia.

Information as to how directors and cinematographers shoot...

Remember when the news only used to be on a couple times a day, where they reserved slots for real events like wars, disasters and other current events? Since the advent of the internet and 24hr news channels what falls under the category "news" has been stretched to include items that barely register as interesting.

One of the most annoying side effects of today’s 24hr news cycle is that the bar for articles that would normally be published has been lowered beyond belief....