Tag: television
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5 Life Lessons To Take Away From “The Sopranos”
We’re grieving in our household because we’ve just completed the final series of The Sopranos. The Sopranos boxset available at Amazon. But before any hardcore Sopranos fans jump in with an “I told you so” assumption that our grief is linked to THAT final episode – trust me, it’s not. The old man loved the…
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5 Brilliant TV Series For The Discerning Middle-Aged Couple
The old man and I watch a lot of detective series together. It’s the only genre that hits the sweet spot for both of us. For him, there are car chases, guns, and psychopaths – although, sadly no dragons – and for me, there is typically a decent representation of female characters – albeit, few of…
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What To Watch Next? The Viewing Dilemma Faced By Every Middle-Aged Couple
As the final episode of series 3 of The Wire reached its conclusion last night (and if I’m honest, we were no clearer about what the fuck happened during its twelve episodes), the old man and I reached another crisis of epic proportions in our marriage. What to watch next? Because what to watch on…
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Netflix, Vikings and Middle-Aged Memory Loss
As I’m sure most of you would agree, the invasion of Netflix into our lives has been a godsend to our age group; up there with Botox, Tena pads and Viagra for some of us, I would imagine. Unfortunately, however, the old man and I have a few issues to resolve around our nightly sessions…
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My Top 3 TV Series For The Holidays
With the holidays looming tantalisingly closer, what better way for life’s real achievers (such as myself) to waste our hard-earned free time than by watching back-to-back series on Netflix? Personally, I find a lot of the answers to life’s problems from tv. At the moment, my top 3 series of choice are Mad Men, Friday…
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The Bachelor
Call me a sad, vacuous, half-wit but I’m glued to The Bachelor on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Photo courtesy of Russell Jenkins at http://www.flickr.com But only for research purposes – OBVIOUSLY – for my thesis on women and modern-day dating practices. I was a ‘Bachelor’ virgin before this series. I’d heard about the hype, of course,…
Louisa Simmonds 