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Author: Nikolaas Verhulst

CIPC #89: Vittel commercial

Posted on October 9, 2018October 7, 2018

Can I go on a little rant for a moment? Well, this is my blog, so I most definitely can! So here I go: modern…

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CIPC #88: A talent for murder

Posted on October 2, 2018

And once more we end up in our wheelhouse: crime fiction. This time, we’ll talk about a British made-for-tv movie from 1984. Angela Lansbury plays…

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CIPC #87: Sandra and Woo No.574, Intelligence in pets

Posted on September 25, 2018

One of the more popular webcomics at the moment – number twenty on this plausible-looking list – is Sandra and Woo, which tells off a…

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CIPC #86: Kunt U mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer? E40, De zoon van Zwankezwaan

Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

Whoever heard of a fantasy television series conceived as a sequel to a Grimm fairytale with a nine word title and 45 minutes episodes which…

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CIPC #85: Professor T. S2 E10, Het DNA van een moordenaar

Posted on September 11, 2018September 7, 2018

Here we go again. How many times have I spotlighted television series about detective?! The Mentalist, Midsomer Murders, Columbo – I have the impression that…

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CIPC #84: Chess in literature

Posted on September 4, 2018September 5, 2018

So far, I have only talked about books in the 15th instalment of the Chess in Popular Culture series, where I discussed a bunch of…

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CIPC #83: BLΛƆKPIИK, Ddu-du Ddu-du

Posted on August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

No, I did not just have a stroke. There is a far more sinister reason for the weird title: K-pop! Yes, K-pop – the word…

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CIPC #82: Salsa cookies

Posted on August 21, 2018

Dear Lord, where do I start with this one? Okay, so half an internet century ago there was minor fad for adding English subtitles to…

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CIPC #81: Zorro S1 E36, The sergeant regrets

Posted on August 14, 2018

I hope you guys have been dutifully spreading the word about the Zorro-opening, because, today, Zorro rides again! Yes! We’re now a bit further in…

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CIPC #80: Captain Kronos – Vampire hunter

Posted on August 8, 2018

Captain Kronos – Vampire hunter is not exactly the sort of title that inspires a lot of confidence, but, surprisingly, the movie is not that…

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Chess in popular culture

With this blog, I will critique chess as it appears in all sorts of popular media. I will honour the good and, probably much more frequently, castigate the bad.

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