SNIPER ONE – the book you need to read

I was and still am a massive fan of the two ‘90s behind-enemy-lines-in-Iraq classics, Bravo Two Zero by Andy McNab and The One That Got Away by Chris Ryan. So when I heard Sniper One, a new non-fiction account of British soldiers fighting in Iraq, mentioned in the same breath as Bravo Two Zero I knew I had to get my hands on it.

Hollywood SFX giant Stan Winston dies at 62

Within days of losing another Hollywood great – actress and dancer Cyd Charisse – I was saddened to read of the passing of Stan Winston, a true Hollywood legend that very few people would have recognised in the flesh. That’s because this genius worked behind-the-scenes as a special effects technician…