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  • Tom Clancy – a master of a genre, a legend of a storyteller

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    Like most people who read a Tom Clancy book, my first exposure to the author’s brilliance was The Hunt for Red October, a masterpiece which subverted the endless possibilities of a novel to tell of life in the claustrophobic confines of a a nuclear submarine. But it was my first reading of Red Storm Rising…

  • Tom Clancy, author of The Hunt for Red October, dies aged 66

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    Acclaimed US thriller writer Tom Clancy has died at the age of 66. Clancy is most famous for his novel Red Storm Rising, later turned into a game by military sim specialists Microprose, and his Jack Ryan series. Mr Clancy died in a hospital in Baltimore according to his publishers. A number of Clancy’s books,…

  • BBC Two orders third series of Alex Polizzi – The Fixer

    BBC Two orders third series of Alex Polizzi – The Fixer

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    BBC Two has ordered a third series of Alex Polizzi – The Fixer, the show in which the business and hotel guru ties to save struggling family businesses. To turn the companies around Polizzi must help the families confront both their domestic and business woes. As before, she’ll show how unlocking the emotion behind family…

  • Doctor Who anniversary special to be simulcast in 75 countries

    Doctor Who anniversary special to be simulcast in 75 countries

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    Doctor Who fans in more than 75 countries will be able to share the show’s 50th Anniversary special after the BBC announced it would be simulcast to millions of viewers worldwide.

  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – trailer

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – trailer

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    Warner Bros. has released this first official teaser tailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The film is the second of o Sir Peter Jackson’s three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic book and will be released on December 13th. The third and final instalment, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, arrives in cinemas on…

  • Despite the negativity, Blackberry may not be finished…

    Despite the negativity, Blackberry may not be finished…

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    Given the company’s well-publicised woes, it’s hardly surprising so many pundits and analysts are ready to pronounce Blackberry dead. But it’s possible that they’re wrong and that in a couple of years the company could emerge as an important player. It’s certainly true that the delays in releasing the Blackberry 10 platform has seriously wounded…