Thursday, 21 June 2012

Ray Bradbury: Mainstream with a Message.

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While Ray Bradbury was never quite regarded in SF circles with the reverence as the ‘Big Three’ of Heinlein, Asimov or Clarke, it’s ine...
Sunday, 27 May 2012

B-Movies, Budgets and Bug Hunts: The Road to Prometheus.

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A revised version of this article was published in Scream Magazine issue 15 (Jan/Feb '13).   Available here: http://www.screamhorr...
Sunday, 29 April 2012

REVIEW: The 25th Reich

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This review has been removed but is available at the website of those lovely people at Starburst Magazine. Just follow the link: ht...
Friday, 20 April 2012

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How Bert Weedon Changed the World. The the most culturally important book in western civilisation? More years ago than I care to remembe...
Sunday, 19 February 2012

Clevedon Pier’s Ghost Caught on Camera. Could Clevedon be the "Ghost Coast"?

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A student photographer believes he has inadvertently caught Clevedon’s famous ‘grumbling ghost’ on camera. Matthew Hales caught the gh...
Monday, 12 December 2011

REVIEW: The Magic Band at The Thekla Bristol, 4th December 2011

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Despite a fairly steep ticket price, a reasonable crowd has come out to the Thekla to see the MagicBand on a Sunday night; one assumes no...
Wednesday, 7 December 2011

REVIEW: Minima performing with "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror" (1922) at St Mary Redcliffe Church Bristol 3rd December 2011

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St Mary Redcliffe Church on a cold December night. The pews are uncomfortable and, so the chief priest warns us, medieval churches were...