There are few movies that hold as much nostalgia for me as the Drew Barrymore-directed "Whip It," released in 2009. I grew up watching roller derby in my hometown and, because "Whip It" was the only movie I'd ever seen about roller derby, it quickly became a favorite.
Sandi Thom was unrecognisable on Saturday when she made a rare comeback to the spotlight after years of flying under the radar following her breakdown online.
Miles meets even more fellow wall-crawlers (Lego Spider-Man, the pregnant motorcyclist Spider-Woman, an Indian Spidey, a VR Spider-Byte, a Punk Rocker, and even a Nicolas Cage version. Gotta love it.)
my guest this week on political thinking is the man who s ensured that no political figure can ignore that question of the quality of our waterways. he is keen angler, campaigner and original lead singer with the undertones, feargal sharkey. a man who left the stage in order to campaign for musicians rights before taking up his current position as one of the country s leading environmental campaigners. he began life in the bogside in derry. as we ll hear, he is now a hero to people from the green party to the readers of the daily telegraph, the countryside alliance, to surfers against sewage circle. feargal sharkey, welcome to political thinking. thank you very much for having me. now, you have been described, i saw, as a stroppy former punk rocker who won t take no for an answer . do you plead guilty?