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Boxing: the heart of the ring

Boxing ring in the Oxford Union

Boxing ring in the Oxford Union

What do we think about boxing? If you’ve ever watched live boxing it will have left its mark.

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Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Last night I sank into my cinema seat prepared to be bored.  I had been told I would be.  Reviewers had said so on the radio and in the papers.  The great machinery of publicity had come to its verdict – I was doomed.

Turned out I wasn’t. I enjoyed a world-shifting three hours of adventure.

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Madagascar 3…or Argo?

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It is an autumn evening with a few hours before my young charge has to return to his school. Can we fit in Madagascar 3? Yes…of course.

We race down the steep hill into the town. Lights flick on in the buildings around us as we park and run the square to the cinema entrance.

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