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Worriedaboutsatan: The Future Can Wait

1 month ago | sun-13.com | Simon Kirk |Gavin Miller |Jon Hopkins

The cover art of worriedaboutsatan’s latest release, The Future Can Wait, is thought-provoking. Above all else, though, it feels northern. A social club setting, jolted into a new life with bright light and colourful wallpaper adorning a space that is often enveloped with the stale odour of damp while John Smith’s is spilt across well-worn table surfaces drowning a stray crisp or two. It’s a provocative statement from Bradford-based producer, Gavin Miller.
JENI CAIRNS EXHIBITION IN PETERBOROUGH

Jan 15, 2025 | espmag.co.uk | Gavin Miller

Things to do in January: Visit the Journeys with Nature exhibition at Peterborough MuseumWe’ve long been fans of local artist Jeni Cairns and her wonderful metalwork art. She creates the most amazing pieces inspired by her love of nature and this exhibition is the perfect chance to see several pieces up close. It’s not just metalwork though, Jeni also paints and creates and Journeys Through Nature features some beautiful pieces on display.
FILM REVIEW: NOSFERATU (15) ESP RATING: 4/5

Jan 15, 2025 | espmag.co.uk | Gavin Miller

Fans of cinema – sign up here. Whether Robert Eggers’ work – the man behind the likes of The Northman and The Lighthouse – is accessible enough to ever evolve into true mainstream cinema is up for debate, but there’s no doubting the production values behind every movie he makes. And this is arguably – if only just – his most accessible yet. Even though it would still be a struggle to directly recommend it to friends and family. That’s not because there’s anything at all wrong with it.
FILM REVIEW: MUFASA - THE LION KING (PG) ESP RATING: 3/5

Dec 30, 2024 | espmag.co.uk | Gavin Miller

Despite it being undoubtedly a story orchestrated by Disney big-wigs to capitalise on the franchise – this is passable family fare. If only just. There’s nothing particularly magical that will linger in the memory for too long – but for fans this does at least expand on The Lion King lore. And does provide a new story to boot.
Technology unreliability is affecting smart home adoption

Dec 23, 2024 | dig-in.com | Gavin Miller

The number of smart homes in Europe is predicted to rocket over the next four years, reaching almost 180 million in 2028. But this upward trend could easily be accelerated or slowed by consumers' confidence, or lack of it, in the reliability of their smart devices and the support available to them. New consumer research in the UK shows that worries and frustration over tech reliability and uptime are significantly impacting people's willingness to install smart home devices.
FILM REVIEW: KRAVEN THE HUNTER (15) ESP RATING: 3/5

Dec 20, 2024 | espmag.co.uk | Gavin Miller

After the pre-release vitriol this superhero flick received online – this is way better than it had any right to be. Sony’s Spider-Man Universe – a spin-off franchise established to showcase villains and anti-heroes from Spidey’s comic-book world – has pretty much collapsed with the completion of Tom Hardy’s Venom trilogy, and the disasters that were Morbius and Madame Web. Fortunately, this is more palatable than the latter two and this year’s third Venom instalment.
FILM REVIEW: MOANA 2 (PG) ESP RATING: 3.5/5

Dec 12, 2024 | espmag.co.uk | Gavin Miller

Despite the extremely linear storyline there’s much to enjoy with Disney’s family-friendly sequel. Yes, you can tell it may have originally been intended as a limited series – then no doubt upgraded to a cinematic release when executives saw ‘dollar signs’ – due to its formulaic ‘A to B’ plotline. And yes, due to that, there are moments where it’s hard to distinguish this between the first film. There’s only so much you can do with a generally water-based setting to be fair.
FILM REVIEW: WICKED (PG) ESP RATING: 4/5

Dec 4, 2024 | espmag.co.uk | Gavin Miller

There’s much wickedness to enjoy within this enchanting musical that makes a tremendous transition from stage-to-screen. It’s fortunate this Broadway ‘staple’ was split into two – this first part comes in at a whopping two hours and forty minutes – but it (generally) seems like a good half an hour or so less due to the enigmatic female leads and toe-tapping numbers.
Connecting IoT experiences with investment intentions

Dec 4, 2024 | iotinsider.com | Gavin Miller

Following Asurion’s own research into consumer experience with connecting smart home devices, Gavin Miller, CEO of Asurion Europe shares the resultsThe connected home is making great strides, across the UK and beyond. Based on latest data, one UK technology trade association has noted a “lasting uplift in consumer interest in connected home devices”, with the market comfortably exceeding pre-Covid figures.
The myth of the organisational silo: or, clever tits and silly robins

Nov 28, 2024 | hepi.ac.uk | Gavin Miller

Dr Gavin Miller (@drgavinmiller) is Reader in Contemporary Literature and Medical Humanities at the University of Glasgow. This blog post draws on his recent article, ‘Disruption, transformation and silos: medical humanities and the management gurus’ published in Medical Humanities. Like me, you’ve probably grumbled about silos in your university – metaphorical walls between disciplines, between academics and professional services, and who knows what else.