Cadenheads is a lovely - if a bit dusty and cramped - little shop off a ridiculously upper class boulevard in Marylebone. We stepped in one Saturday afternoon to try a few drams of whisky in one of their well established tasting sessions.
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31 days of horrorHorror
Let the Right One In (2008): a shot in the neck for the vampire genre
Let the Right One In is not necessarily your traditional vampire movie (I think they only use the V word once) but is a much needed refresher for the genre.
31 days of horrorHorror
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006): a perfect blend of horror and fantasy
Just watch Pan's Labyrinth and we'll see if the Pale Man doesn’t haunt your dreams forever more.
HorrorMovie featuresMovies
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: revisiting the masterful 1978 remake
Invasion of the Body Snatchers is one of the best remakes ever made and one of my favourite movies too. Deeply unsettling, wonderfully filmed and a bit of a lesson in how to do horror right.
Comic reviewsComics
Saga: a perfect introduction to creator-owned comic books
Described often as a space opera, Brian K Vaughan’s fantasy epic Saga is so much more than that. It's a luscious and wonderfully imagined piece of work and as my favourite comic on the stands right now, it's one I regularly recommend to everyone, especially those in need of an introduction to comics.
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Blankets: the warmest graphic novel you’ll ever read
Blankets is a huge, whopping piece of literature. At 582 pages long it’s not mucking about. Honestly though, I think you could plough through this book in about three hours. Which is exactly what I did the first time. Craig Thomson’s second graphic novel is an astounding, blisteringly honest piece of autobiographical work that I fell in love with from the first moment I opened it.
ComicsTelevision
Why I’m sticking with The Walking Dead against my better judgement
Although despite being five seasons in, The Walking Dead could still learn some lessons from its comic book counterpart.
My true love of comics developed when I started to branch out into the non-Marvel, non-costumed branch of the comic book world. From the fascinating mouse themed exploration of a time spent in a concentration camp to the delicate, heart-achingly lovely coming of age story that is Blankets. I loved it all. Soon I found that artists and writers were doing things with comics that they couldn't get away with anywhere else, and boy can they go dark!