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Cry Havoc
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On 7 March 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare...
Digital Transformation: B.U.I.L.D Your Organization's Future
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As with any large infrastructure project, the costs and risks involved in a major innovation...
The East India Company, 1600-1857: Essays on Anglo-Indian Connection
William A. Pettigrew and Mahesh Gopalan
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This book employs a wide range of perspectives to demonstrate how the East India Company facilitated...
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A Party with Socialists in It: A History of the Labour Left
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For over a hundred years, the British Labour Party has been a bastion for working class organisation...
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Steam, Soot and Rust: The Last Days of British Steam
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The disappearance of the steam locomotive in the land of its birth touched the hearts of millions,...
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Trees in Towns and Cities: A History of British Urban Arboriculture
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This is the first book on the history of trees in Britain's towns and cities and the people who have...
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) in Movies
Oct 10, 2018
This time around it seems obvious that the film is being pitched towards a very young audience, which explains its general silliness and reluctance to engage in anything resembling actual satire - as it is, the film's capacity to get real-world issues utterly wrong is almost uncanny (Britain and the Russians team up to stop cyber-terrorists). On the other hand, some of it feels aimed at older viewers who are generally suspicious and resentful of the modern world (the internet is bad, smartphones are bad, the Health and Safety Act is silly, etc). Maybe it's meant to be a film for right-wing grandparents to take their kids' kids to.
On the other hand, it's Rowan Atkinson, who is a superbly gifted clown, and there are inevitably a few amusing bits along the way - but not nearly enough, given his talent. Hopefully this is as close to actually not being funny as he will ever get.
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The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward: Sex, Scandal and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair
Anthony Summers and Stephen Dorrill
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The Profumo Affair was the political scandal of the twentieth century. The Tory War Minister, John...
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The Happy Warrior: The Life Story of Sir Winston Churchill as Told Through the Eagle Comic of the 1950's
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To so many British children growing up in 1950s and 1960s Britain, Fridays meant only one thing -...
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Cameron at 10: The Inside Story 2010-2015
Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon
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Five years in the making, 'Cameron at 10' is the gripping inside story of the Cameron premiership,...