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After a solid, if slightly patchy, first night of the 2026 edition of the greatest spectacle in wrestling, Night 2 looked to better that with, on paper at least, a much stronger matchcard. There were potential Mania classics up and down the card, and I was itching to see them all unfold. Night 1 was good - definitely better than expected - but it was bogged down by an extremely annoying amount of adverts. I knew Night 2 would be the same way, but at least the matches looked s

WrestleMania is the biggest wrestling event on the planet every year, but this year's event, which took place in Las Vegas for the second year in a row, had featured one of the most lukewarm and weird build-ups to grandest show that I can recall ever seeing. This first night's matchcard was a lot weaker than Night 2's on paper, but that gave me a sneaking suspicion that those on this first night would feel that they had a point to prove. After a surprisingly emotional introdu

As I arrived at the third 'Demon Slayer' arc, known as 'The Entertainment District Arc' , I had well and truly become a fan of the popular anime series. Historically, I have not been a major watcher of animes, but there are a few that I have enjoyed, including this one, and more still that I hoped to watch in the future. Before I started any new ones, however, I was understandably very keen to watch the rest of 'Demon Slayer' . Much like the previous two arcs, this one was

Mark Kermode is one of the most recognisable names in film criticism and academia, and has been in or around the industry for decades. As such, he has built up a vast wealth of knowledge on various aspects of it, with one of them being film soundtracks - one of his biggest industry passions. It was this mix of knowledge and passion that I hoped to find in his latest book, which promised a wide array of information on the sound of cinema. Immediately, I found that Kermode's pe

This year's 'Vengeance Day' event took place all the way back on the 7th March, but I didn't watch it until nearly a month after that - making it another WWE premium live event that I was late to watch in 2026. This is largely because of scheduling conflicts, but, in truth, I simply do not feel as motivated to watch the events live, at the moment. The general quality of the programming has dropped, which seems to be a consensus opinion, currently. The night's action started

This 2025 true crime documentary, directed by Yon Motskin, seems almost to be as divisive as the case it depicts. I had no idea what to expect - I was neither familiar with the filmmaker or the case they were covering. As always, I hoped for a respectful and at least mostly unbiased account of the events, but I do always worry about documentaries like this, especially when a mystery element is involved in it. It's safe to say that this was one wild documentary - it went in so

It had been a little while since I had ventured to watch a true crime documentary, something I used to do all the time, but this Netflix original film, directed by Benedict Sanderson, tempted me in with its rather intriguing case. It also featured interview footage from the victim herself - something unfortunately all too rare with many of these kidnapping cases. Hearing first-hand accounts from those involved in and personally affected by the case was both fascinating and, a

"The earth, from here, is like heaven. It flows with colour. A burst of hopeful colour. When we’re on that planet we look up and think heaven is elsewhere, but here is what the astronauts and cosmonauts sometimes think: maybe all of us born to it have already died and are in an afterlife." I have been hoping to read Samantha Harvey's Booker Prize winner for some time now. My peers seemed to enjoy it, and I have always been partial to fictional novels that have space as a

"Education never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last." This eighth publication of Sherlock Holmes mysteries is a collection of several previously published stories from the iconic Arthur Conan Doyle, each taking place along the timeline of Holmes' investigative career. By now, I was well acquainted with the legendary private detective and his ever-loyal companion, and was prepared for the kind of mysteries and investigations that were in-st

WWE's final premium live event before 'WrestleMania' ; 'Elimination Chamber' , actually happened a little while ago, but I was once again late to watch it, unfortunately. The truth is, I simply don't have the time to stay up late and watch them live anymore. Plus, I was still a whole week behind on both 'Raw' and 'Smackdown' . Regardless, I still wanted to watch the event - its usually one of the more enjoyable PLE's of the year. The show began with the women's 'Elimination

Before this experience, I had never seen either a concert film at the cinema, or been to an Imax screening of any kind. So, in many ways, this was a big deal for me. I have been a fan of the band 'Twenty One Pilots' for a number of years now, and the opportunity to see them peform some of my favourite songs in glorious Imax was too good an opportunity to miss. This particular film was directed by Mark C. Eshleman, and depicted the band's huge Mexico City show, which had sixty

The case of Lucy Letby is one of the most shocking and disturbing in modern British crime history, and has garnered the attention of many as the aftermath has continued to unfold. This documentary, directed by Dominic Sivyer, dropped om Netflix in early 2026, and looked to dissect what has become an increasingly divisive case, despite the evidence. I always worry about how documentary films will present cases like this, and my worries were no different on this occasion either

"Was God seeing the things they did out here? Bulkeley still sought solace from The Christian’s Pattern, but a passage in it warned, 'Hadst thou a clear conscience, thou could not fear death. It were better to avoid sin than to flee death.' Yet was it a sin to want to live?" If there's one way to peak my interest, it's by combining history, in this case of the maritime variety, and true crime. The case of HMS Wager was as infamous as it was sensational at the time that its ha

"The temptation to form premature theories upon insufficient data is the bane of our profession." This, the seventh book in Arthur Conan Doyle's iconic collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures, is one of his lesser heralded novels, certainly when compared to the other major mysteries, such as 'A Study In Scarlet' and 'The Hound Of The Baskervilles' , but was no less an intriguing proposition to me, particularly having read the six previous collections to this point. "Medioc

The WWE events in Saudi Arabia are always a little weird. Never-mind the controversies that surround the Saudi regime, these events have, all too often, felt like glorified house shows, or have featured oddly slanted booking, with the wrestlers loved by the Saudi government often winning, even if it doesn't really make sense in the long-term. The very fact that Saudi Arabia received a major premium live event like the 'Royal Rumble' , before countries like the United Kingdom

The first 'Saturday Night's Main Event' of the year emanated from Montreal, Canada, and took place just a week before the 'Royal Rumble' , which would take place over in Saudi Arabia. I guess this was a good opportunity for the WWE to still hold a premium live event in North America, and, given the advertised match card, I wasn't complaining. The show started off hot with an intense brawl between Jacob Fatu and Cody Rhodes. It was supposed to be a match, but I actually didn't

'Borrowbox' gives people access to books that they wouldn't normally be able to read easily, and it has allowed me to read several good books in the last two years or so. On this occasion, it was this collection of short stories from Susan Hill, most famous, of course, for writing 'The Woman In Black' . I am familiar with that story, but the rest of her work is mostly unknown to me, so I was keen to see how I'd find some of them. The first story in the collection was 'The Tr

Full disclosure, I was very late to watch this, the first special NXT event of the new year. Sometimes real life slows you down, and it has certainly slowed down my wrestling viewing this month. With that said, I was very excited to finally watch the event, particularly because of what sounded like it would be an excellent main event match with two of the best young wrestlers in the world today. I liked how the show had an unconventional beginning, with the match that was sup

"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same." Emily Brönte is, of course, one of the most celebrated classical authors of her time, and one who has written some iconic works of literature, perhaps none so well-known as 'Wuthering Heights' . It seemed to me a travesty that I had not read one of the most acclaimed books of the Nineteenth Century, and the imminent release of a new cinematic adaptation seemed the perfect motivation to re

"You know, Watson, I don't mind confessing to you that I have always had an idea that I would have made a highly efficient criminal." This 1905 collection of mysteries became the sixth Sherlock Holmes book, from the iconic British author; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, that I had read this year. Thus far, I had enjoyed them all, for the most part. I did find that the other books that served as collections of shorter mysteries did not grab me quite as much as those that were larger o