I don’t consider myself to be much of a film critic, but I do know enough about filmmaking to have an axe to grind with one extremely irritating, yet pervasive, thought in amateur film criticism: the dismissal of a film for being ‘dated’. The tendency many amateur film critics have when viewing older films is…
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The case for re-wilding
Rewilding allows habitats to be shaped by natural processes, without human intervention. In Britain, the uplands are ideally where we should concentrate our efforts: here the population in lowareas such as the Scottish Highlands are among the least populated areas in Europe-and the management practices are often unsustainable and heavily subsidised. Deforestation is one of…
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The need for community ownership in urban areas
It goes without saying that Britain’s housing market faces a crisis. There are over 200,000 empty homes in Britain this year, yet despite the number of empty homes, the prices of houses have risen dramatically. Currently, according to the Office of National Statistics, the average price of a house is over seven times the annual…
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Blue Planet II: Review
It’s a common complaint these days: there’s nothing original on the screen, with cinema being stuffed full of sequels, remakes and comic-book adaptations. And I agree myself, to a degree. However, there’s two things worth bearing in mind: first, originality does not always equal quality; case in point – Adam Sandler’s career. Second is the…
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