COLUMN | Samuel Walters

Too Hot to Function? Beat the Heat with a Panama Hat

Bucket? Snapback? Panama? This isn’t a secret code. These are all types of hat – types of hat that a man can choose between when the...

How Film Shapes Our Lives... for Better or Worse!

We all know how powerful films can be, don’t we? Even those who aren’t prone to a great deal of reflection have occasionally felt the...

Dressing the Part... So Frightfully Smart!

What are you wearing as you read this sentence? I don’t mean to be impertinent, heaven forbid, particularly in the midst of our...

SEO Content vs "Proper Writing"

I must admit that I do still struggle with the many ways in which SEO writing challenges traditional ideas of what constitutes a ‘good...

Am I One of Life's Baddies?

Do you ever side with the “wrong side” in a film? I do it all the time. Here are just a few examples – the gung-ho soldiers in Small...

She Liked the Cut of My Jibber-Jabber

Someone once complimented me on the way I talk. “I like the way you talk.” She said. I was, of course, pleased. My ego swelled a fraction...

When the Mind Decays

I'm writing this week on an experience that will be familiar to many but is new to me – watching the deterioration of somebody’s mind. My...

Somerset Maugham... a Bad Influence?

Understand that Maugham wasn’t a malevolent creature. Not a bit! He was just a product of his time, expressing attitudes that...

Refreshing

It's so refreshing to read something that takes you outside of the current norms. I've just picked up a book that does this and it's just...

Marco Pierre White – Arrogance and Gravitas

I like this video of Marco Pierre White, the super chef. He comes across as an arrogant f*cker, which I hate; but he also comes across as...

Fanny and Alexander – It's Not You, It's Me

I re-watched Fanny and Alexander last night, considered one of Bergman’s best, I think, and I was disappointed. I first watched it some...