The second draft of ‘Penny Dreadful’ is now available for viewing.ย You can find it in the ‘Stories’ section to the right or you can find it here.ย As I mentioned below it’s now a longer read, so you might want to scroll down to the bottom of the page …
Which was of course George Orwells’ name for the UK in his novel Nineteen Eighty Four.ย As I watched the Iraq War Inquiry on the rolling news last night I began to ponder the first crime that the protagonist of Orwells’ novel, Winston, commited.ย Not withstanding the multitude of ‘Thoughtcrimes’, …
The second draft of the short story ‘Penny Dreadful’ is done and is now available to newsletter subscribers.ย For everyone else it’ll be up around 7pm (UK time) on the 10th of December.ย This revision includes the prelude as well as parts 1 and 2.ย So it’s just shy of …
This is an Unusual Book.ย It is a compilation of the research material that Bremner, Bird and Fortune used as the basis of their satirical TV program.ย The material is laid out in such a fashion as to form a narrative history of the antics of New Labour from their …
Friday the 27th of November has thus far proved to be the darkest day of the year.ย On this bleak day we gathered to pay our final respects to a close friend and loved one, Colin McNicholl or simply ‘Col’ (06/01/76 – 19/11/09).ย I’m not sure if the phrase ‘good …