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Flipping the Bird

The Wowster looks at the new pop trend of flipping the bird Flipping the bird has now become a must have accessory of any pop star at an award ceremony. Latest comer to the arena is top British songbird Adele who executed the bird with some élan and all the anger of an upset 4-year-old. The six Emmy winner returned to her native ...

Carnage: My Recurring Nightmare

The Wowster goes to the movies and experiences a recurring nighmare. Off to see Carnage for the second time...and experience a recurring nightmare that could destroy my career as your movie critic. But first the movie. It's a brilliant evocation of how ...

The Card Players Come Up Trumps

The Wowster on the world's most expensive painting...Cezanne's The Card Players A couple of peasants playing cards. So Cezanne couldn't resist and ended up drawing one of his most loved paintings...The Card Players. Now the Gulf Kingdom of Qatar has dipped into ...

Good Bad Movie

The Wowster on the difference between a good bad movie and a bad bad movie. You want to see a very good bad movie then check out Underworld: Awakening, an excellent example of the genre. The good? A superb action flick starring ...

Lonnie Donegan: The Dustman’s Son

The Wowster looks back at Lonnie Donegan, king of skiffle. He ruled the world of skiffle, the king of all he surveyed, with his signature tune, My Old Man's a Dustman, closely followed by Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour? Lonnie ...

Call Me Frank

The Wowster looks at the early career of Call-Me-Frank Voltaire. Who'd have believed it, the Great French man of letters Voltaire, was just a pushy, Call-Me-Frank sort of guy. New letters have been uncovered that show Francois Voltaire knew how to turn ...