“It’s a terrifying prospect to have a completely functioning mind inside a body that locks you in, that keeps you stationary.” – Benedict Cumberbatch http://vimeo.com/82024808 In 2013, Vertigo Films released Hawking: A Brief History of Mine, an authorized documentary about Stephen Hawking, the famous English theoretical physicist and cosmologist. The film opened […]
ONE of the things – if I was ever given the chance to ask – I’d love to know more about with Benedict, was his time teaching Tibetan monks during his gap year. By all accounts he worked for a perfumer to raise the funds for his trip to Darjeeling, where he worked at a […]
This year’s Costume Institute Gala, known to you and me informally as the Met Ball – or Met Gala, was the highlight of what had to be an incredible day for Vogue editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour. Having chaired the gala since 1995, Wintour could be forgiven if she was on “auto-pilot” for the annual fundraiser (which last […]
Before you run for the hills because you really can’t stand ‘any of that new age stuff’, please bear with me. I am actually the last person to get behind things like meditating. I am a sceptic when it comes to most things that aren’t based on some hard scientific evidence (meditation actually really appears to have some […]
WHILE Benedict was filming series three of Sherlock last August, he did something a little out of the ordinary. Clearly unhappy with press photographers lurking on set trying to get clues as to the plot direction of the series, and perhaps inspired somewhat by the filming and release of The Fifth Estate at the same […]
Over the weekend at Oz Comic-Con in Adelaide, Australia, actor (and book aficionado) Benedict Cumberbatch was quoted as saying that “prisoners should be given books,” encouraging the audience to “send books to prisoners.” While Americans (like me) may have first thought their favourite TV detective was just being considerate of those serving time […]
“I wish people would take more notice of… Each other. Metaphorically speaking, it’s easy to bump into one another on the journey from A to B and not even notice. People should take time to notice, enjoy and help each other. In weak moments… Try to imagine myself on top of Hampstead Heath, breathing in […]
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