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This week we're travelling from feudal Japan to the surface of the sun with the career of Hiroyuki Sanada. Sanada began acting at the age of six, rapidly fulfilling his childhood dream as an action star. After a slew of samurai films in the…

My dad died last April and everything I thought I understood about grief has proven wrong. I have lost relatives and friends, but nothing prepared me for the realisation that I will ll never hear his voice again. Yet, losing a parent is the…

Mindfulness, like the words epic, literally and freedom, is on the verge of meaning nothing at all. Well-meaning overuse and misunderstandings about its origin abound, and we’re all a little diminished by the loss. The word hasn’t been in…

I stood awkwardly outside what appeared to be an empty derelict house. The yard was overgrown with weeds, and rubbish was strewn on the lawn. A small one wheeled tricycle leant haphazardly against the flaky door. It became readily apparent…

Every year, people inevitably move during the winter. Whether you get a better deal for moving during the colder months, more flexibility or more available moving companies, there are benefits to making a move in the winter if you do it…

The fact that we’re all prone to procrastination doesn’t mean it has to be a foregone conclusion. A little self-awareness, a dash of mindfulness and a bit of emotional self-inventorying can bring you clarity of purpose and a brain that’s…

Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker Since emerging as a long in the tooth heritage act, Leonard Cohen’s output has been a lot stronger than it's really had any right to be. Popular Problems and Old Ideas proved to not only be as good as…

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree “If you wanna leave, don’t breathe.” What kind of pain does the loss of a child produce, regardless of their age, let alone of one who hasn’t even reached adulthood? I’ll be honest; I…

David Bowie Blackstar There were a few sure things about Blackstar, the final chapter of David Bowie’s Technicolor musical life. It would be brilliant, naturally, strange, ahead of its time and wholly wonderful. Jumping at the chance to…

Anton Corbijn’s Life follows the budding friendship between James Dean (Dane DeHaan) and LIFE magazine photographer Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson). It is set around the release of Elia Kazan’s East of Eden and just before Dean is cast in…