Mad Men ‘For Immediate Release’ – Season 6, episode 6

After last week’s episode of Mad Men, there was a slight sense that both the series and its characters had lost their direction, not to mention the sense of what had made things so great in the first place. The decision to put historical events centre stage was a departure from normal procedure with the result that things felt somewhat forced and more than a bit clunky.

By Charles Reynolds | Arts | Friday, 10 May 2013 at 12:42 am

Indian Premier League round up: All the action from week five in the IPL

Given its non-stop fixture list, ever-changing roster of players and overly promoted sponsors, the Indian Premier League can be a little hard to keep track of at times.

With that in mind, The Independent provides you with a team-by-team round up of this week’s action so you know your Sunrisers from your Super Kings and can stay on top of all the action from India.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 10:04 pm

Mad Men ‘The Flood’ – Season 6, episode 5

Up till this point in the series, set in turbulent 1968, historical events have simply been simmering in the background.

By Charles Reynolds | Arts | Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 11:02 pm

Indian Premier League round up: All the action from week four in the IPL

Given its non-stop fixture list, ever-changing roster of players and overly promoted sponsors, the Indian Premier League can be a little hard to keep track of at times.
With that in mind, The Independent provides you with a team-by-team round up of this week’s action so you know your Sunrisers from your Super Kings and can stay on top of all the action from India.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Wednesday, 1 May 2013 at 1:26 am

Indian Premier League round up: All the action from week three in the IPL

Given its non-stop fixture list, ever-changing roster of players and overly promoted sponsors, the Indian Premier League can be a little hard to keep track of at times.

With that in mind, The Independent provides you with a team-by-team round up of this week’s action so you know your Sunrisers from your Super Kings and can stay on top of all the action from India.

Here’s all that’s been going on in week three of T20 cricket’s biggest tournament…

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Wednesday, 24 April 2013 at 2:55 am

Review of Mad Men ‘Collaborators’ – Season 6, episode 3

Despite an opening scene that amusingly felt as if it was mere seconds away from descending into some kind of suburban swingers party, this week’s slice of Mad Men very much picked up where the ominous tone of the last one left off.

By Charles Reynolds | Arts | Thursday, 18 April 2013 at 4:41 pm

Indian Premier League round up: All the action from week two in the IPL

Given its non-stop fixture list, ever-changing roster of players and overly promoted sponsors, the Indian Premier League can be a little hard to keep track of at times.
With that in mind, The Independent provides you with a team-by-team round up of this week’s action so you know your Sunrisers from your Super Kings and can stay on top of all the action from India.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Wednesday, 17 April 2013 at 8:30 am

Review of Mad Men ‘The Doorway’

If people tuning into the latest instalment of Mad Men were hoping that Don Draper’s much publicised trip to Hawaii would lend the opening episode a warm and upbeat feeling then they were sorely mistaken – the two-hour series premiere was bleak but compelling watching.

By Charles Reynolds | Arts | Thursday, 11 April 2013 at 1:01 am

Indian Premier League round up: All the action from week one in the IPL

Given its non-stop fixture list, ever-changing roster of players and overly promoted sponsors, the Indian Premier League can be a little hard to keep track of at times.
With that in mind, The Independent provides you with a team-by-team round up of this week’s action so you know your Sunrisers from your Super Kings and can stay on top of all the action from India.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Wednesday, 10 April 2013 at 4:06 pm

The dark clouds that loom over this year’s Indian Premier League

With just days to go until the sixth edition of cricket’s spangliest slogfest starts in its own predictably overstated style, things are far from perfect in the promised land with several dark clouds looming over the tournament.

By Charles Reynolds | Sport | Saturday, 30 March 2013 at 12:42 pm