Sparkle in my life

Movies for Valentine’s Day – 10 Romantic Movies to Make Your Heart Sigh

Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Jack.

The Champagne is on ice and a box of Thornton’s chocolates lie open beside the 12 blood red roses in a vase on the coffee table. All you need to do now is to pick a heart-achingly romantic movie [...]

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Haiti Charity Single.

Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by Mike.

Simon Cowell puts together charity single [...]

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This Is Not A Love Song!

Posted on 06. Feb, 2010 by Mike.

As it´s Valentine’s Day soon I thought I´d reminisce about the time I put together a collection of love songs for my then partner (no it didn’t last).
I wish there had been online dating back in the day.
We all must have done this at some point, whether it’s for Valentine’s Day or just because we’re [...]

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The Lost Man Booker Prize – Novels from 1970 finally get their day.

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Rachael.

This year we have two Man Booker Prizes to look forward to – the annual Man Booker Prize and the recently announced one-off Lost Man Booker Prize.
In 1971 it was decided that the prize should only be awarded to novels published in the current year and not retrospectively. At the same time, the date of [...]

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Febuary Album Reviews

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by Mike.

The Hot Rats, Sade, The Magnetic Fields, Peter Gabriel and Hot chip album Reviews.

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Romantic Gestures for Valentine’s Day

Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by Andrea.

Emperor Shah Jahan ordered the construction of the Taj Mahal Palace in memory of his third wife Mumtaz Mahal. He promised her on her death bed that he would build a monument to match her beauty and although it took him 16 years to complete the mausoleum, he was true to his word [...]

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The 2010 Oscar Nominations – Sparkle’s Predictions

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Jack.

It’s the biggest movie awards ceremony of the year; the one that still has the most kudos with movie fans and people in the movie business itself. And let’s face it we love all that showbiz sparkle, tears, false sincerity and truly shocking dresses that are part and parcel of the Oscars [...]