Friday, 8th March, was International Women’s Day. This is a day where we celebrate the achievements of women, whilst also remembering the struggles that they still face. It just so happened (I suspect not accidentally) that Marvel Studio’s new superhero film, Captain Marvel, was released on the same day. The film is about a female superhero…
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My new phone
I have bought a new phone. A couple of weeks ago, my friend (another foreign teacher who I used to work with at RDFZ) sent me a link to a new phone that was being released on 22 May. He told me if I was planning to get a new phone, then that one was…
Harder than it looks
I bought a ticket for the cinema yesterday. That’s not overly surprising, since I watch films a lot. But I bought it online and collected it from the ticket machine, which was only in Chinese. It took me a couple of tries, hitting the back and delete buttons, before I finally got it. Avengers: Infinity…
In praise of … spoilers
Avengers: Infinity War has now been released in the US. Its release date in China is not for another couple of weeks, but it means I can, at least, find out what happens in it, before it opens here. Indeed, The Guardian today has a special spoiler column on the film, where fans (who have…
