• Chef Ian McKellen prepares ‘the best scrambled eggs in the world’!

    Chef Ian McKellen prepares ‘the best scrambled eggs in the world’!

    At 77, Sir Ian McKellen is pure greatness. Much like Bill Nighy, I would pay to listen to Sir Ian read the phone book should he embark on a tour of such simplicity. Now, the star of Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit (Gandalf), X-Men (Magneto), Vicious on PBS and recipient of more accolades than the law allows, showcases […]

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  • Post Brexit/Euro 2016, at least England has Marcus Willis to cheer about

    Post Brexit/Euro 2016, at least England has Marcus Willis to cheer about

    As pointed out in the Radio Times, England hasn’t had much to cheer about the past few weeks. First, there’s the obvious recent Brexit vote that has caused all kinds of throwing people under the bus/pointing fingers issues. Then there was the unexpected departure of England in the Euro 2016 at the hands of Iceland in […]

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  • Best crime-fighting car…Ford Cortina or Audi Quattro? You decide.

    Best crime-fighting car…Ford Cortina or Audi Quattro? You decide.

    I was reminded recently about the greatness of the series Life on Mars starring Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt and John Simm as DI Sam Tyler. Primarily set in the 70s, the series centered around Tyler, a policeman in service with the Greater Manchester Police who, after being hit by a car in 2006,  finds himself […]

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  • Make King Arthur and Concord proud…Turn your bike into a horse

    Make King Arthur and Concord proud…Turn your bike into a horse

    A tip of the hat to the folks over at NPR for bringing to our intention what could very well be the greatest invention since someone actually determined it was safe to eat chocolate chip cookie dough. Billed as ‘the leading bike-horse hybridizer in the world’, comes the ultimate Christmas gift for those that may be wondering […]

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  • ‘Doctor Who’ and the Tesla coil – Science is cool 2.0!

    ‘Doctor Who’ and the Tesla coil – Science is cool 2.0!

    Post binge-watching of Breaking Bad and our discovery of the Doctor Who ‘Periodic Table’, here is another ‘this is why science is cool’ post, which seems to be becoming a weekly topic of discussion here at Tellyspotting. This just in from a world where Doctor Who and Nikola Tesla cross paths. The Tesla coil is an electrical resonant transformer circuit invented […]

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  • Ever wonder where THE Monty Python foot came from?

    Ever wonder where THE Monty Python foot came from?

    Hanging in Room 8 of London’s National Gallery is a rather unassuming painting. Bronzino’s Mannerist masterpiece, An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, was made in the mid-1500s for King Francis I, the King of France reigning from 1515 until his death in 1547. The piece, which hangs alongside works by Michelangelo and Raphael, depicts Cupid kissing his mother Venus, with great detail and […]

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