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Back to the future
B Magazine, Michael Ruffles, Published on 01/02/2015
» Nostalgia apparently is what it used to be. With new Star Wars and Mad Max films coming, AC/DC and Giorgio Moroder releasing albums, and K-pop hairstyles that look like A Flock of Seagulls, you could be forgiven for feeling like Marty McFly stepping out of the DeLorean in Back to the Future II. There is more than a bit of 1985 about 2015, even though there are no flying cars and only Tony Hawk has managed to get his feet on a hoverboard.
A song of ice and fire
Life, Michael Ruffles, Published on 02/08/2013
» This seems familiar. A young woman, a girl really at 16, is thrust into the centre of a national blood sport, her every move subjected to intense scrutiny and criticism. A father figure who means well speaks some tough truths knowing she will eventually be better for it. The government gets involved and manipulates her into fulfilling their agenda. And finally she's thrust into an arena with 23 of her peers where they fight to the death.