It’s driving me nuts. Since at least the start of season two of House of the Dragon I’ve noticed something no one else has. Weirder still, it’s something the journos and online opinion-makers never shy from. In fact it’s the first thing they typically leap on whenever a show or any cultural object emerges. Namely, […]
Read more "Dragon Wars and the Culture Wars"In a useful use of my time I’ve finally made a Heroforge model of every major (and a few minor) character in my fantasy and sci-fi novels, published and unpublished. I should be writing. Or eating and going out…Which model would you collect and paint?
Read more "Family Portrait"Had a blast in London for the launch of the new anthology from Newcon Press, The Iron Code, a celebration of the life and imagination of fantasy legend David Gemmell. Caught up with old friends and made new. The panel was fun and informative, so chock-full of authors that I had to sit in a […]
Read more "Mad-Crazy Times at Super Relaxed Fantasy Club"…in this unboxing video for the new horror anthology Of Dread, Decay and Doom.
Read more "Mum has opinions on my career…"Whatever else I think about the HOTD premiere, Abigail Thorne’s Captain Lohar really gripped me. It was so energising to see a trans woman character having such a good time in their villainy. Modern telly typically depicts trans folk as tragic victims (while 90s-2000s made them a joke and 80s made them outright serial killers). […]
Read more "The Bitchfist Rules the Waves!"Tramped all the way to Knighton to pick up this here foldable keyboard for when I’m using my phone as a word processor. I picked this particular one because the colour evokes late 70s/early 80s tech. It’s the sort of thing a villain in an episode of Columbo might use if he was millionaire hi-tech […]
Read more "Nillkin Outta The Box…"Edna The Inebriate Woman is on iPlayer at the moment, a powerful piece from 1971 and I’d recommend anyone watch it. Part play, part documentary, Edna centres on a homeless alcoholic woman (Played by Patricia Hayes) and her daily plight as she trudges from dosshouse to government departments to psychiatric wards. On her odyssey we […]
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