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Matt Shaw has written 4 posts for LX News

WHAT THE BUS?!

By Matt Shaw ⋅ March 9, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

Rant on
Forgive my snobbishness, but is it just me or is a bus just a nicer name for a ‘peasant-mobile’?
I’m all for public transport and saving the environment etc. but surely it just can’t be me who despises these things? As it would seem that anyone who is ANYONE that can get from a to […]

GUYS: YOUR FIRST DATE EXPLAINED

By Matt Shaw ⋅ February 4, 2008 ⋅ 8 comments

Do…
… Offer to pay, sure it’ll cost you an extra £15, but this sort of kindness can go a long way (…get it? ‘Long’? Ah never mind)
… Something with your hair. It looks shit.
… Tuck your shirt in, you’re not 17 anymore
… Go to the gym a few hours beforehand, it’ll get you in the […]

REVIEW: FRED CLAUS

By Matt Shaw ⋅ December 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

FESTIVE FUN IN VINCE VAUGHN SEASONAL COMEDY
When it comes to what you want from a Christmas film, this one hits the nail on the head. Filled with snow, twinkly lights and bright red costumes, it sure gets you in the mood. I’m somewhat of a Vince Vaughn fan anyway, so it’s a given that it […]

‘TWENTY GOIN OUT MARION’

By Matt Shaw ⋅ December 10, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Question: Why do we have twenty pound notes? Anyone?
Now I’ll tell you why we shouldn’t have them. Firstly nowhere wants to take them! Taxi drivers politely decline to accept them as I found out last week- ‘don’t go givin me dah twenny pound note there lad’, shops give you aggro and seem to want to […]