Hi everyone, Cian, Haydon, Polly and I read out a submitted piece about our old story, Space Heist, then we start thinking about a science fiction story about brain-computer interfaces and digital immortality. We’re going to finish this one on Friday so get your ideas to us before then by e-mailing shottstories@grayshott.hants.sch.uk https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-td5sb-1834650 Cheers Richard
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 16 Available Now"Day 28 Best Making Up Scene I made it. 28 days; 28 posts! Here we are at the end. After the falling-out come the chances to make up. For this, I chose a scene from 2004’s Battlestar Galactica. Kara (Katee Sackhoff) and Lee (Jamie Bamber) take out their frustrations on each other in the boxing […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 28 – Best making Up Scene"Day 27 Best Break Up Scene My nomination for today’s award goes to one of my favourites of all time, The Maltese Falcon (1941). At the end, Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade sends his lover, played by Mary Astor, off to prison despite being in love with her. He won’t risk playing the ‘sap’ for her. […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 27 – Best Break Up Scene"Hi everyone, We’re back! Half term is done and we’re here with our first ever romance. Join Polly, Ivy, Cian and I to explore the story of Lisa and George, the couple in love but separated by a relatively short plane ride (and someone called Claude). Will they find their happily ever after? Send your […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 15 Available Now"Day 26 Best Married Couple on Screen Several candidates for this award. I thought maybe Zoe and Wash from Firefly, Marge and Norm Gundersson from Fargo. In the end, I went for a couple that impressed me long ago. they don’t get a lot of screen time and are side charcaters in the grand scheme […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 26 – Best Married Couple on Screen"Day 25 Most unfortunate person in a love story As soon as I thought up this category, there could be only one person to fill it. Bill Pullman plays such a lovely man in Sleepless in Seattle. He’s genuinely in love with Meg Ryan’s character and doesn’t put a foot wrong. He is gracious and […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 25 – Most unfortunate person in a love story"Day 24 Most cringeworthy line in a romantic setting I thought of a number of lines for today. “Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed,” was way, ay up there. Then, I remembered the line that completely took me out of a film the moment I heard it. There are a couple of Twin Peaks […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 24 – Most Cringeworthy Line in a Romantic Setting"Day 23 Best Romantic Lead Character (Female) Few will agree with me on this one; it’s entirely personal and based on a massive childhood crush I had. I’m going for Emmy the blonde-haired, time-travelling Egyptian princess from 1987’s Mannequin, as played by the wonderful Kim Cattrall. I loved that film when I was younger. Reading […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 23 – Best Romantic Lead Character (Female)"Day 22 Best ‘second chance’ romance Today it’s about the people who are separated and then get another chance at love. You wait for Lost to come along in my thinking and then, finally; it comes twice in two days. My pick for this is a couple who aren’t my favourite characters in the show […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 22 – Best ‘second chance’ Romance"Hello everyone, Here is the first trailer for The Ardenna Crossing: A Thousand White Fragments. The sequel to my first novel will be released Winter 2025. I’m currently editing and can’t wait to share the next piece of Paul Armstrong’s journey with you all. For updates, check out http://www.richardaustinwriter.com This trailer was created using royalty-free […]
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