It was a long time ago. It was a simpler time then and there was a certain sincerity to the world, born of simplicity more…
CIPC #144: Rivron, Het caravan kookboek
It’s a — it’s a cookbook! When I started this blog, I was expecting many things. I knew there would be films, comic books, and…
CIPC #143: Stone, Impending mate & Mated
Some twenty years ago, there was a regular contributor to the magazine Chess writing under the name C. P. Ravilious. He mainly wrote a column…
CIPC #142: Nero Vol.143, De dood van Bompa
Nero is, or was at least, incredibly famous in Flanders and completely unknown outside of it. It is a comic with a cast of colourful…
CIPC #141: La Bayadère (bis)
‘Wait!’ I hear you exclaim, ‘La Bayadère? Didn’t you talk about that before?’ I did! In fact, it is the same Makarova adaptation of Petipa’s…
CIPC #140: Final move
One thing I haven’t done yet this year, is commenting on a chess-themed movie. More than a hundred blog posts ago, I commented on Lang…
CIPC #139: Miller advertisement
The image below can be found easily on the net. It is apparently from an advertisement campaign for Miller beer from, I think, the end…
CIPC #138: Blackadder II E4, Money
Blackadder is a serious contender for the title of best TV-series in history. The first season was perhaps not great, but from season two to…
CIPC #137: Coca cola advertisement
The greatest rivalries of history and literature – the Montagues and the Capulets, the Hatfields and the McCoys, Barça and Real- pale in comparison to…
CIPC #136: Gode Geass S1 E1, The day a new demon was born
Lelouch. Lamperouge. That’s seriously the name of the protagonist in this anime. No, really, you can look it up: he is actually called ‘the fishy…