‘Granny was a Fanny…’

The shot of a guy slapping a soft drinks dispenser to obtain his can of Irn Bru, only to be nutted by said machine in return, is one of the most enduring British advertising images of the late 1980s. In fact, the fizzy ginger drink from Scotland has been publicised by a succession of brilliant … >

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‘Nice sunset… Ooh, what’s that?’

Recently, CultBox has been enjoying Google’s video for their Project Glass experiment, although this is possibly more to do with the fact that it uses Bibio’s wonderful ‘Lovers’ Carvings’ as a soundtrack than because we’re totally involved with the idea of augmented reality glasses. Yeah, this utopic vision of a voice-operated headset that controls all … >

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‘Gentlemen… goodnight. Ladies… good morning.’

When ordinary people jump or fall off something, they usually end up either on two feet or in a groaning, seething heap like Peter Griffin when he trips over an unseen obstacle outside his house on Spooner Street. Yet as has you may have noticed, superheroes, aliens, Transformers and Justin Timberlake are different. No matter … >

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‘I’m not going anywhere there – please sit down or leave.’

The Leveson Inquiry into the ethics and behaviour of the press has dominated the headlines for months, and a great deal of information not previously in the public domain has become available as a consequence. However, one thing not previously known about Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch and Kelvin MacKenzie is their collective talent for delivering … >

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