I dunno, I really loved Jade as a character, though that may have as much to do with slimmer pickings for great female characters when the original was made. I'm still disappointed she won't be in this one - though if it unravels some of the mysteries about her (i.e. why she has a pig for an uncle) I'll be happy.

Where are you moving to? Dublin's the only place I've been (not actually been to NI at all) and I love it.

I will have to admit that I'm not an expert on Irish politics. But the DUP - or the group they came from - were, as far as I understand, almost as violent a paramilitary group as the IRA. However, the IRA effectively "lost" as the NI stayed part of the UK, so history has been less kind to them than it has been to the…

They're an odd bunch all around. The biggest irony of course is that the Tories have been hammering Corbyn for his IRA links (i.e. dealing with them to move towards peace talks) only to essentially be propped up by a party with basically identical origins.

I've picked up Thumper on the Switch eshop, a nightmarish blend of F-Zero GX and Dance Dance Revolution. It's rock hard but easily one of the most compelling things I've played in ages.

The Tories are also fairly divided among themselves, and some are definitely more centre-leaning than others - a few rebels could sink their small majority at times. Imagine what even a handful can do now.

Her face as she was grappling with her failure as Elmo's three votes got read out was a wonderful moment.

Preeeetty much, though the Northern Irish DUP have a habit of supporting the Conservatives, and have enough seats to push them over a majority - especially as the Sinn Fein party in NI won seven seats and abstain from taking them, cutting the number you need for a working majority slightly. . It'll be interesting to…

A pretty common one probably - sitting on the sofa watching A New Hope with the family on a sunny Sunday afternoon at the age of five or six. Wearing a white button-down shirt with blue jeans. Weird how flashbulb memories retain those little details innit? This won't have been the first time I saw it but it's the…

i love that thing, and 100% recommend giving it a watch while you have max richter's "sleep" (or the shorter, one hour "from sleep" edit: https://www.youtube.com/wat… on in another tab. preeeetty.

"You know what averages out to be really great? The first six Star Trek movies!"

this satisfies me. thanks!

I see both sides of it but I think I agree with you here. Not really that comparable, but I'm in a local vegan society. We meet up and eat vegan food, that's really all there is to it. I don't care about people eating non-vegan food around me, at all, but if you're gonna come to one of our meet-ups, we ask people to…

Oh god, the episode where he takes Dev to work at the hospital with him (not really a spoiler, that) absolutely killed me, it's hilarious.

Need to watch this whole series still so I'm not reading these reviews to avoid spoilers BUT one thing that annoys me is that the wives are wearing green - the Marthas wear green in the book, and the wives wear blue. Never understand why little changes like this get made…

I didn't spot her either, though I didn't watch it too closely too! Though I know she's going to be in it. Her last record was a stunner, I'm still not over it.

SO stoked for this, not least because it features Kate Nash, all-time queen of the universe.

"I used that to build a business empire the likes of which, the world has never seen the likes of which."

where were you five hours ago jeeeeez. i kid, thanks for that - feels like screaming into the fuckin void sometimes.

you're right on every point there mate. thanks for your thoughts.