On Series 4 of Interview with the Fanpire, we at According to Benedict, travel far to a northern region of the UK Isles (if we are doing our geography correctly) to Ireland. In Ireland we find lucky charms, rocky coastal cliffs, emerald diamonds, and potatoes. But the real charm here is creator of Ireland’s first […]
Written by Destiny on 13 July 2014. No comments »
Category: Education, Various
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Fandom, Interviews, Ireland
The Stone Roses (courtesy coolalbumreview.com) “I Am the Resurrection” and “Fools Gold” by the Stone Roses “…they stand side by side on the album and are inseparably brilliant. I went to Manchester University partly on an insane surge of nostalgia from when I discovered these mischievous mancs and their Madchester ways! God bless the Happy Mondays and Joy Division and all the other Tony Wilson ‘Factory’ recorded bands.” – […]
Written by Lisibelle87 on 13 July 2014. No comments »
Category: Music
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Fool's Gold, I Am The Resurrection, Madchester, Manchester, Music, The Stone Roses, Top Tunes, Two Paddocks, YouTube
Today has seen the release of this fantastic short Bafta video in which actors like James McAvoy, Hugh Dancy and Benedict Cumberbatch speak about acting and becoming an actor. And there’s some really really great stuff in there. I myself have just arrived where I always wanted to be professionally and a lot of what […]
Written by Cumberchicken on 11 July 2014. No comments »
Category: Education, Film & TV, Theatre
Tags: Advice, Bafta, Career, education, James McAvoy
From Parade’s End by Ford Madox Ford: “The war had made a man of him! It had coarsened him and hardened him. There was no other way to look at it. It had made him reach a point at which he would no longer stand unbearable things.” “In every man there are two minds that work side by […]
Written by Lisibelle87 on 10 July 2014. 1 comment »
Category: Film & TV, History
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, Books, Films, Ford Madox Ford, Imperial War Museum, Parade's End, World War I, YouTube
How do you eat a banana? Did you make eye contact with the man who queued at the shops earlier? Did you catch yourself looking at that girl’s nicely shaped arse on the bus this morning? There’s no shame to admit it, it happens to all of us. We decide within moments whether another human […]
Written by freewomenxgrape on 7 July 2014. No comments »
Category: Education, Film & TV, History, Social & Political
Tags: Alan Turing, gay, homosexuality, The Imitation Game
Social Media Queen and Cumberbatch Guru, Naomi Roper, is one of the top females in the game. A hard working business woman by day, and a super sleuthing bloggerista by night. This internet equivalent of Super-Woman or dare I say, Beyonce, is a one woman stop and shop for all your Cumberbatch needs. She answers over […]
Written by Destiny on 5 July 2014. No comments »
Category: Education, Quotes, Various
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, CumberbatchWeb, Interviews
Welcome to our series 2 interviews with your favorite social media websites, where we at According to Benedict, try to get the inside scoop, tips, and other general inquires. This week’s subjects are the showrunners of the US Sherlockians page. Shannon and Rachel sit down and tell us exactly what it’s like to be a […]
Written by Destiny on 5 July 2014. No comments »
Category: Education, Quotes, Various
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, CumberRepresentatives, Interviews
Welcome to our first segment in the interview series “Interview with the Fanpire” where we at According to Benedict have picked our followers favorite social media websites and contacted the artists and writers behind them so we can know who exactly lies beyond the paint-brush and page. This week’s guests of honor are Cécile and Pei, […]
Written by Destiny on 5 July 2014. No comments »
Category: Education, Quotes, Various
Tags: Benedict Cumberbatch, CumberRepresentatives, Interviews