An article in the Guardian got me thinking: is the title “Ms” really unkown to women under 30? A straw poll of under 30 women in my office slightly reassured me as they all use the title, but then it is a very political office. The phenomenon however is wider than just this title. Only… Continue reading Back to the fifties?
Tag: film
Silver Surfer: most un-ghafflebette?
The good thing about this article is that I can now claim this blog was inspired by a newspaper columnist, which seems so much less geeky than the alternative.
Roy Lichenstein and Adam West have a lot to answer for
An interesting-ish article on comic book films in today’s Times, but why is Dominic Wells’ piece headlined “Kapow! The new film superheroes.” The use of sound effects in the headline on an article in a national newspaper about comics is an inside joke. Either Wells and/or his sub-editor are unaware of this, or they are… Continue reading Roy Lichenstein and Adam West have a lot to answer for