by | November 21, 2015 · 8:27 pm

A Brief History Of Bond Girls

Monica Bellucci is in the latest Bond film

Monica Bellucci is in the latest Bond film

Spectre, the latest installment in the James Bond spy series, is now living dangerously in movie theatres everywhere.

By now lots of people have figured out that good 007 movies aren’t just about Bond himself, they’re also about the adventures he undertakes, the villains he faces and, perhaps most importantly, the women he encounters.

Sarah went back through the Bond films to get a handle on what it’s meant to be a Bond girl through the ages.

Read the full story at Consequence Of Sound by clicking here.

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by | November 21, 2015 · 8:00 pm

There’s A Duchess Who Hosts Real Fights At Hogwarts

Duchess of Northumberland

Duchess of Northumberland

Lady Jane Percy is the Duchess of Northumberland. She’s also the woman responsible for maintaining the real-life Hogwarts castle.

One of the ways she does that is by hosting mixed martial arts fights in the estate’s gardens.

She also grows opium legally.

Sarah wrote about her story for Fightland.

To read it go here.

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by | November 11, 2015 · 6:45 am

What’s The Deal With Poppies?

Poppies

Poppies

As strange a notion as it may seem to anyone who’s old man used to go to the local Royal Canadian Legion a few times a week, there are people who don’t know what that annual Poppy campaign the Legion runs is.

With that in mind I wrote a bit of a Remembrance Day explainer for people.

To read it head over to Samaritan Mag by clicking here.

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by | November 10, 2015 · 8:01 pm

Proof We Were Skeptical Of Rumblr

Rumblr

Rumblr

Because the world was pearl-clutching about a prospective new app to match up consensual street fights between aggro adults looking for a brawl the folks at Fightland made Sarah take a bit closer look.

Her observations: 1) It’s a ludicrous idea, and 2) It’s probably fake.

She was right.

To read all about it click here.

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by | November 10, 2015 · 11:57 am

Sheldon Kennedy’s Heavy New Doc ‘Swift Current’ Explains Abuse’s Damaging Trail

Sheldon Kennedy

Sheldon Kennedy

Former NHL hockey player and sexual abuse victim Sheldon Kennedy has faced a long and difficult road through addiction and mental health issues to get to the healthy place he’s at now.

The lasting effects from the abuses he suffered are laid bare in uncomfortable detail in the new documentary Swift Current, which debuted at the Rendezvous With Madness film festival last week.

I spoke to Kennedy about the film and he hopes people will learn from it for Samaritan Mag.

To read the full story go here.

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