The con is back

 After 3 years no being held due to Covid San Diego Comic Con is back. One of the biggest pop culture events, it sees various entertainment groups display their offerings for the coming year. Marvel Films will be doing a big presentation. Amazon Prime will preview the Lord of the Rings prequel Rings of Power. And Dwayne Johnson will talking about his anti super hero film Black Adam. Those going to San Diego are in for a good time.

Get ready for some swords and magic

 Fans of the fantasy genre are in for a good time for the next few months. Amazon Prime will be streaming the Lord of the Rings prequel Rings of Power. Soon after that Disney+ will be streaming Willow with Warwick Davis reprising his role of the film of the same name. And then there is House of Dragons, the Game of Thrones prequel. How it fares after the negative feedback to the final season of Game of Thrones remains to be seen.

His Lordship vs Wrighty

 A row has broken out between Lord Alan Sugar, erstwhile tycoon cum ringmaster of BBC1reality show The Apprentice and one time Footballer Ian Wright. Lord  Sugar has complained  that they are not enough male pundits covering the women's European Football Championship.  For once I agree with the former Gunner.

The cost of winning

 Today Rafael Nadal should have been playing Nick Kygrios in the semi-finals of the men's singles at Wimbledon. But due to an abdominal strain he picked up in his five set quarter final match against Steve Fritz. At one point during the match Nadal had complained of discomfort with his body but still played on. How Nick has to hardly break a sweat to get into the final..

Boris is gone

 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced his resignation. The last few months Johnson has been tarnished by an number of scandals. He has said he will remain in the post until autumn though some observers believe that this not possible. The race to succeed him starts now.

Nadine's code confusion

 HI Culture Secretary Nadine Dorres was at an event to promote the froth coming RUGBY LEAGUE World Cup. Dorres talked about watching Johnny Wilkinson kicking the winning drop goal of the 2003 competition. However Nadine was actually refering to the 2003 RUGBY UNION World Cup. Just make clear the difference to Nadine, RUGBY LEAGUE is played by 2 teams 13 players while RUGBY UNION is played by 2 teams of 15 players. How you know Nadine

Beyond death

 The BBC has announced it is making a spin-off of one of it's popular programmes, Death in Paradise. Beyond Paradise will focus on the character of Humphrey Goodman as played by Kris Marshall who solved crimes in the fictional Caribbean island of Saint Martin. The new series will find Goodman back in the UK. It should air sometime next year.