NEWS: An innovative 1960s modernist primary school in Leicestershire, centered on a striking dodecagon timber assembly hall, has just been listed at Grade II following support from C20 Society. Glenmere Community Primary School in Wigston was built between 1963 and 1964, to designs by the architects Farmer and Dark for the Leicestershire Education Committee. Leicestershire […]
Read more "My Old School (sort of) Gets Listed"So that mindblowing anthology featuring my tale, His Lord Recalcitrant, has long finished its indiegogo campaign and is on general release Edited by Jendia Gammon and Gareth L. Powell it features stellar authors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Contributing Authors Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ai Jiang, Alice James, Antony Johnston, Cynthia Pelayo, D.K. Stone, David Quantick, Dennis K. Crosby, Eugen Bacon, Gemma Amor, Greg van Eekhout, Helen […]
Read more "Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers Now Available to buy!"So a load of the fam got together for a bit of a fancy weekend, but I can’t tell you how shocked we were to find we were staying at P.D James’ old house! There’s a tapestry on the wall with all the titles of her detective novels on it.
Read more "Bougie Weekend at P.D James’ Old Gaff"Looks like we got another anthology from the people who brought you Of Shadows, Stars And Sabres. This time around the anthology is focused on magical tales. All being well I should have a tale in it, one involving Pennyblade’s Kyra! ‘Of Enchantment…’ has already made $1000 on Indiegogo, so if you like the last […]
Read more "My Story In ‘Of Enchantment, Enigma And The Infinite: A New Anthology"A blend of fantasy castle and sci-fi base, La Fabrica (just outside of Barcelona) was the dream of architect Ricardo Bofill from the moment he saw an abandoned cement factory. Now it contains gardens, a church, gallery, conference rooms, working spaces for creatives and more besides. “Life goes on here in a continuous sequence,” Bofill, […]
Read more "Fairytale Cement Factory"I’ve been a bit listless of late, roaming around on Facebook and stumbling onto ‘New Age’ and pseudo-archaeology groups. The danger of such behaviour is, of course, Facebook’s algorithm supplies you with evermore groups of this nature and my wall is pretty darn nutty right now. I tell myself I’m doing something noble in its […]
Read more "Why Do People (Still) Think The Egyptians Didn’t Build The Pyramids?"
