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Here comes the Bane again
When we last left the cast of Merlin, Arthur was quite literally saying hello to destiny, Gwen was discovering that you can't get the staff these days, and lots of shirtless men were hanging around...
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A Stir-Fry in Belgravia?
A few days ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with the thought "Sherlock vegetables!" Then I couldn't get back to sleep again until I'd worked out what the whole cast would be. My brain is a...
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Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
It's Merlin time again, so strike up the band because I've composed a few thoughts on The Death Song of Uther Pendragon:We join Merlin and Arthur returning from one of their patented bromantic...
View ArticleI lift my glass to the Awful Truth, which you can't reveal to the Ears of Youth
Poem About My Ongoing Struggle Against The Passage Of TimeBlow the birthday trumpet, because today I am forty-one!But I assure you that any celebration will not be a naughty oneI am definitely old...
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Out there playing your high-class games
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes earlier this week! I celebrated with a lovely day off work and not one but two evenings out with good friends, good booze and good food.I also received a...
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Shipwrecked and comatose
Watchers of space-telly may be aware that Red Dwarf has recently returned to British TV screens. While its glorious peak was probably some time in the past, the new series has stirred a fond nostalgia...
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Dance yourself Disir
Time for a weekly dose of Merlin, so here are a few thoughts on The Disir:We start the show with three aging ladies in odd outfits doing strange chanting in the dark. No, it's not a Bananarama reunion....
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And there's a mighty judgement coming, but I may be wrong
Time to polish your chain-mail sandals and duck to avoid any flying copyright writs from Stephen King, because I'm about to embark on another Merlin review, and this time it's all about The Dark...
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Lesson: the sum of its parts
Before I get on to the cod-medieval business at hand, a quick hello to everyone I met at the Sherlopalooza fan event in London this weekend! Lots of you said nice things about my Merlin reviews, which...
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Now, by the world, it is a lusty Dench.
So I saw Skyfall recently, and enjoyed it. And while I don't really have anything more eloquent to say about it than that, I thought I'd scribble a little tribute to Judi Dench's monumentally classy M....
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Hollow, is it me you're looking for?
Time for another episode of Merlin, and blimey, we're more than halfway through the season now. Here are some thoughts about The Hollow Queen:I see what you did with that episode title, BBC. You were...
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You may have heard the news that after five seasons of homoerotically fuelled magical intrigue, anachronistic vegetables and gratuitous shirtlessness, Merlin is coming to an end. While this is a...
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Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
What do you put on the top of your Christmas tree, if you have one? A star? An angel? A light to warn off passing aircraft? These days, I don't have a Christmas tree (my flat's too titchy), but when I...
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Skip the hearts and flowers, skip the ivory towers
Alas, the time is upon us when every episode of Merlin brings us closer to the Big Day of Fateful Finale-dom, like some sort of semi-apocalyptic advent calendar. With the score for the series at 9...
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Nobody down below believes their eyes...
When I read that Benedict Cumberbatch would be narrating the audio book for The Snowman and the Snowdog, it made me wonder. Could there ever be a more surefire seasonal tearjerker than the original...
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It's noble and it's brutal, it distorts and deranges
Only 3 more episodes of Merlin to left after this one, viewers. But before I go and sit under my duvet and make wibbling noises, here are some thoughts on The Kindness of Strangers. And since we all...
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Draw me, like one of your druid girls
Dear regular and not-so-regular viewers, I must apologize about the relative lateness of this Merlin review. My excuse is that I was in the pub last night instead of being in front of the telly as...
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Keep calm and Cary Grant
So what's your favourite Christmassy film? Unlike many of those favourites lists or Top Ten-type questions that do the rounds at this time of year, I can give you my answer to this one straight away....
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Hunt you to the ground they will, mannequins with kill appeal
Gentle viewers, welcome to your penultimate dose of Merlinery. Complimentary Kleenex is provided, stress balls can be located under your seat, and the cabin crew will shortly be making their rounds...
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It's not over till it's over, and you throw away the tree
Merry Christmas and greetings from the ancestral homelands of the north, where I am sojourning for the festive period. I hope you're all seasonally stuffed, alcoholically lubricated and otherwise...
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