‘The Greatest Showman’
Reading Time: 2 minutesHeaded off to see The Greatest Showman’, as the companion, and not the instigator. I did not have high expectations and suspected that this could be another Moulin Rouge (one of very few films...
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by Daniel Stepniak · Published 9 January 2018 · Last modified 1 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesHeaded off to see The Greatest Showman’, as the companion, and not the instigator. I did not have high expectations and suspected that this could be another Moulin Rouge (one of very few films...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 2 January 2018 · Last modified 28 March 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAs a member of a three-generational group, I saw a morning screening of the excellent Paddington 2. Apart from yet again attending a breakfast session, I thoroughly enjoyed this star studded children’s and adult’s...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 30 December 2017 · Last modified 5 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat a complex, original and unpredictable fantasy drama. We can’t stop thinking about it, so we continue to discuss its many threads and attractions. Awarded this year’s Best Picture Academy Award, ‘The Shape of...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 30 December 2017 · Last modified 28 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesEven though we attended the 9.15am final screening of ‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’, I’m very glad that we did. While seemingly a behind the scenes story of AA Milne’s children’s book masterpiece, ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’, this film...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 30 December 2017 · Last modified 28 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesI saw ‘Wonder Wheel’ at the only screening time of 9.15am. Consequently, and perhaps not surprisingly, I had the whole theatre to myself. Having read a number of reviews of ‘Wonder Wheel’, Woody Allen’s...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 19 November 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen discussing religion, there is a crucial need to distinguish between religion as a religious instutution, and religion as the religious beliefs, practices and values of individuals. Our democratic society should no longer offer...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 19 November 2017 · Last modified 31 March 2019
Reading Time: 3 minutesMany, if not most Americans treat their constitutional ‘right to bear arms’ as a fundamental aspect of their identity. This right is to be found in the second amendment of the US Constitution, which...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 November 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne or two observations on the far right’s Patterson Bill. Service providers (who are not a religious institution) are currently not exempt from anti-discrimination laws regarding discrimination on the grounds of sexuality or sexual...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 November 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesQuite rightly we are opposed to the enactment of any same sex marriage law that would allow discrimination by anyone other than religious organisations and ministers of religion who do not accept same sex...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 November 2017 · Last modified 27 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesToday, views expressed online have been sharply divided on the issue of whether parliamentarians should represent the predominant views of their constituents, or put forward their own views on the issue of same sex...
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