This article contains spoilers for episodes 1 to 6 of Twin Peaks Season 3 . . . . . Spoilers. Turn back all ye who fear spoilers. . . . . . So, I thought it was high time I put my two pence worth in about the beginning of Showtime’s Twin Peaks: The Return. […]
Read more "Twin Peaks: The Return – I love it and here’s why!"Here’s a beautiful piece of music from Ken Burns’ 11 hour documentary series about the US Civil War. People tend to think it’s an old traditional tune however it was actually written by Jay Ungar in 1982 and used for the series in 1990. I love it. It has a nice build up and a […]
Read more "Monday Music 13 – 2017"Hi there, Today my brother and I attended the Blake event in support of the Alzheimer’s Society in Steventon. I thought I would share some of the pictures. I had no problem getting in: John wasn’t so lucky We got registered and spent some time in the Fan Zone John was kind enough to treat me […]
Read more "A Day of Blake’s 7 in pictures"Hi everyone, My latest article for Taste of Cinema is now online. I’d love it if you gave it a look. Thanks Richard http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2017/8-reasons-why-american-history-x-is-a-modern-masterpiece-of-american-cinema/
Read more "My American History X article"So, imagine me, about 8 or 9 years old, given the oval ball. I dance past a couple of defenders, run up the line and cross into the end zone. I turn around hold the ball out and then spike it, Gronk-style. Yay, I’m a hero – I’m Marcus Allen! Then I hear the angry […]
Read more "O is for Offensive Line"Horizon It’s been a bit of a while since I did one of these but I’m off to Steventon on Sunday for the Blake’s 7 Charity event (where I get to meet Paul Darrow, Michael Keating and Stephen Greif – Yay!!!) and thought I’d get myself in the mood by doing another episode. We open […]
Read more "Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2 – Episode 4"I went to New York in August of 2006. After many trips to the USA, I finally made it to the city that never sleeps. My ten days there convinced me that it’s the most exciting place in the world that isn’t called London. I arrived in the midst of a heat wave with temperatures […]
Read more "N is for New York"Back to 1974 this week and one of my favourite thrillers of that decade: The Taking of Pelham 123. The film is based on a novel of the same name about a gang of criminals who hijack a New York Subway car and hold the passengers for ransom. Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and […]
Read more "Monday Music 12 – 2017"On New Year’s Day, 2015, at around 10:55pm, my son Michael was born. That was two and a half years ago now and watching him grow and develop over that time has been a singular joy. I didn’t want to turn this into some kind of biography so I’m just going to show you a […]
Read more "M is for Michael"So, I made my mind up. I’ve done quite a few travel-related posts on this little journey of mine and ‘N’ is going to be about somewhere else and, as a result, I thought I’d go with this. London holds a very special place in my heart and always will but I have decided to […]
Read more "L is for Lego"Books, games, music, and life — filtered through the mind of a writer, drummer, and philosopher who thinks too deeply about all of it. If it moves something in your chest, I'm interested.
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