A few weeks back, I introduced my boys to the ultimate manna of geeky teenage big-screen nostalgia: Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

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About 15 years ago my wife and I decided to rip up our family bathroom and start again. It was so dated that Thomas Crapper himself

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When I was small my dad had one of those ‘take your kids to work’ days. I met all his colleagues, including a young chap with a word…

Having sons means I watch superhero films. After decades of character-building action on page and screen, some fictional fighters have…