Billericay School – SpeakUp!

The Reality behind South Africa’s Achievement   There is an old saying in life. ‘The world is a stage, and all the men and women are merely players’; as quoted by the famous playwright William Shakespeare. And with the World Cup finally on African soil for the first time in history, many have a right [...]

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By Barnaby Walter Disney’s science-fiction action movie Surrogates, starring likable leading man Bruce Willis is probably the biggest release of the week. I must apologise that I am yet to see this recent offering from Terminator 3 director Jonathan Mostow, but will certainly make my views heard when I do. If this type of sci-fi [...]

Dorian Gray was one of the most puzzling films for me of last year. How can a film about a young man indulging in all the sordid, debauched things in life be so bland? It’s gorgeously photographed, and lends itself to high definition Blu-ray disc well, but there’s something dull and too mechanical with the [...]

By Barnaby Walter It’s surprising this series of Skins hasn’t received that much hype. In the past, there have been massive billboards, feature trailers, even cinema advertising. But the fourth season of Company Pictures’ gritty and occasionally startlingly good drama series about a group of Bristol teenagers has received a very little amount of press [...]

By Barnaby Walter If you saw Silent Witness last night, you’re probably still recovering from it. Unlike most episodes, which feature the same routine of body examination leading to confusion and concluding with pathologists proving the police wrong, this two-part story takes place mostly in real-time. And it was absolutely terrifying. When a body is [...]

By Barnaby Walter What a year it was. 2009 brought us some of the best films and TV shows we’d seen for a long time. So here’s my judgement of what were the greatest, most memorable examples of film and television of last year. Each category has a winner, with a selection of others who [...]

By Barnaby Walter Finally, after over a year’s wait, we’re reunited with our favourite team of body cutters – Leo, Nicky and Harry. But in this week’s opening two-part story, things are not going too well in the pathology lab. Harry’s in love with a women who’s caught up in the case they’re working on. [...]