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Rushton Triangular Lodge

Visited the frankly bizarre Rushton Triangular Lodge today, a Tudor folly covered in numbers, shapes and symbolism that no one besides its creator Sir Thomas Tresham fully understands. Likely it’s a quiet protest against Protestantism (he designed it while in prison for refusing to give up Catholicism) though his interest in the esoteric suggests it […]

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The Cuckoo Clock!

So The Third Man came up on my YouTube and it’s one of those movies I have to watch no matter what I’m doing. It’s awesome every time, pure cinema, with everything 10/10 in just about every department. How does something like TTM come about? They didn’t plan for greatness, they just stumbled on it. […]

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Case File #89: Gary Anton

Only known image of Gary Anton, founder of The Church Of The Acid Octopus. His followers claim he vanished before them in Orange County, California, 1971, after telling them he would return at the end of the twentieth century in the form of a new worldwide communication system.

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Changing Times

Sometime in the nineties a friend told me about a book called A Game Of Thrones which was a fantasy book but, like, not like other fantasy books and I nodded and smiled and indulged him because I thought fantasy books really sad and nerdy.The irony of this isn’t lost on me.

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Cymera 2023

So I was invited to speak and sign books at Cymera festival in Edinburgh. I had a lovely time meeting readers and chatting with pals old and new. … Cymera 2023

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Russ Nicholson R.I.P

I’m saddened to hear of Russ Nicholson’s passing. Many of us grew up seeing his illustrations in the Fighting Fantasy books or issues of White Dwarf back when it was a cornucopia of diverse gaming lore. Nicholson leaves us work that lies somewhere between the faerie enchantments of Arthur Rackham and the monotone splendour of […]

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