There is something that all fans know about The Batch. 1. He takes way too long to answer a simple question 2. He wears entirely too much denim (Old Navy, anyone?) 3. The man loves his liquor, spirits, beer and food. Here are some of Benedict’s favorite food and drinks and […]
(Thanks to Naomi of Cumberbatchweb for this video & her coverage of the Hay Festival.) “My senses have been thrilled and luxuriated in you.” That sentence is one of many I love in that letter, read at the 2014 Hay Festival. I believe I read online that a book of the correspondence between Chris Barker […]
A SMALL field on the outskirts of a picturesque town on the Welsh border, provided the backdrop of a memorable weekend for the Collective as Benedict, and his friends, took to the stage for two Letters Live events. Letters from the famous and infamous, as well as between a World War Two signalman and his […]
For the second time in the 2014 Formula One racing season, Benedict Cumberbatch conducted the post-race podium interviews with the Top 3 finishers, this time at the the conclusion of the Monaco Grand Prix. Tension between the top 2, Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, had been discussed by those in the media already, which meant that F1 […]
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 […]
During my recent mission to acquaint myself with Benedict Cumberbatch’s impressive back catalogue of works, there have been two that have caused me a little anxiety, requiring a period of mental preparation before I could watch what I knew would be breath-taking performances about difficult subject matter. Third Star tells the heart-breaking story of James, […]
Who ever said “Flowers were boring” was absolutely right? Right. But dearest reader I should warn you that I am American. I am a hot dog eating, cowboy loving, bleeding heart liberal at heart. Being that I am American I know I don’t understand two very British key themes; the obsession of Eurovision, why you […]
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 […]
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