Like many, when I’m abroad I use the hotel wi-fi (if there is no charge); I buy a local SIM card; or I don’t bother and just roam with my home network. But during my last trip I spent three weeks in Greece using Mi-Fi and a SIM card from Cellhire and I am now […]
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… and worth knowing about. Lemmy! OK he died in late 2015 but he set the trend and was buried in 2016! – age 70 JANUARY 04 – Robert Stigwood, age 81 10 – Much much lamented David Bowie, age 69 14 – Alan Rickman, age 69 28 – Should’ve mourned him more, but […]
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RIP Hector Babenco, my favourite South American film director (Pixote, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Carandiru). I was lucky enough to hear him talk in the London Film Festival when he presented Carandiru in 2003. Most people – including myself – first came across Brazilian cinema with the 1981 film Pixote, a Cannes Festival stunner. […]
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