Agent Palmer

Over the past decade or so, I’ve recapped most Tours due France. I’ve watched all of them, but somehow it has only recently become an annual thing.

I also watch every Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, and sometimes I write about them. As a spectator, both Tours offer excitement, and for me, it’s the joy of experiencing two Tours per year, which I’m all for.

When you want to know more about The Beatles and James Bond, two of Britain’s largest popular culture exports, and what both meant to Britain and the rest of the world, you need to reach for John Higgs’ Love and Let Die: James Bond, The Beatles, and the British Psyche.

This book starts on Friday, 5 October 1962, when The Beatles’ first record, ‘Love Me Do,’ and the first James Bond film were both released. As Higgs states, “The Beatles were about to become the most successful and important band in history. Not to be outdone, James Bond would go on to become the single most successful movie character ever.”

Do you like art? Collecting stuff? Anime, cartoons, or animated films? You don’t have to like all of those things, because enjoying just one of them is enough for you to consider collecting animation cels.

Before I dive into why I think this is great for anyone and everyone, let me first define what exactly an animation cel is, as it isn’t exactly the technology of today, though most of us grew up on it.

It’s not every day you encounter a new format to a short ebook that challenges you to think, but The Royal Cousins does just that.

Subtitled “How Three Cousins Could Have Stopped A World War,” this is a fictional alternative look at history, “told as a series of twelve breaking news bulletins.”

It’s that time of year when I wake up with my coffee and watch the best cyclists in the world tackle the most prestigious race in the world, the Tour de France.

The 112th edition of the Tour had more than its share of crashes, heartbreak, and as much triumph as is usually had over the three-week race.