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Tim Wicksteed

Writer

Tim is currently in his final year studying Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bristol. He cannot decide whether he prefers books or films and so writes for both sections of Intuition. If he could be any character in a film or book it would probably be a pirate. On an unrelated note, he is currently learning how to sail.

Alice in Wonderland

April 2010

Tim Wicksteed has mixed feelings about Burton's trippy new venture.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief

March 2010

Tim Wicksteed isn't sure that Percy and co really hit the mark.

The Hurt Locker

February 2010

The best war film ever made? Tim Wicksteed puts this claim to the test.

I Claudius, by Robert Graves

January 2010

Robert Graves' I Claudius is the pseudo-autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius, who lived, reigned and died within a century or so after Caesar's death.

Me and Orson Welles

January 2010

Tim Wicksteed gives a thumbs up to Zac Efron's new film.

No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency- by Alexander McCall Smith

December 2009

You may already be familiar with The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency as a recent BBC television series aired earlier this year. The television programme was based on a series of books written by Alexander McCall Smith.

The Men Who Stare at Goats

December 2009

Tim Wicksteed wonders if mixed messages hold back this otherwise entertaining venture.

'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Márquez

November 2009

‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ was originally written in Spanish by Columbian author Gabriel García Márquez in 1967. It has since been translated into over 27 languages including, of course, Engli