E is for Eagles

When I was growing up I took most of my musical inspiration from those closest to me. That’s what everyone does, I suppose. My Dad listened to a lot of classical music, Gilbert and Sullivan and big band swing so that’s always in my head, Mum listened to musicals like Blood Brothers and Grease… and […]

D is for Dalian

So, after coming home from Belize, I spent a couple more years at the airport. You can read all about that when I get to H. I was working at Budget Car rental and had just taken a Supervisor’s position when it finally hit me that I needed to do something more with my life. […]

Monday Music 7 – 2017

First, a little celebration. Thanks to my latest Blake’s 7 rewatch post, I just passed 4000 hits this year, keeping me on my target of 1000 per month. My next article for ToC is going to be ranking all the Bond films, which is likely to be highly controversial. As I start to think about […]

Rewatching Blake’s 7 – Season 2 – Episode 3

Episode 3 – Weapon So, I thought I’d have a little break from the A-Z thing and take a dip back into Blake’s 7, and as it’s already 10pm, I’m going to get straight to it. Episode 3 begins with a spaceship exploding (not the Liberator this time). We are then greeted by the sight […]

C is for Cinema

I’ve got to be there before the trailers. In truth, it’s only since the advent of reserved seating that I’ve been OK with getting there once the adverts start. Need to get a seat on the end of a row, preferably with no-one in front. Really, I’d like the screen to be completely empty but that’s […]

Endorsement!

Hey, my Belize article got the seal of approval from the Belize tourist board. Yay!

My ‘Children of Men’ Article

Hi there, Check out the link to my new article on Taste of Cinema. My editor changed my title; it wasn’t supposed to say ‘best’. I love the film but I hadn’t even thought whether it was the best or not, or whether that even matters. I guess editors want splashy, controversial statements. Anyway, Enjoy, […]

B is for Belize

I promise this is not going to turn into a travelogue. It’s just a coincidence that a few important places for me are between A and D. March 1999. I was all packed to go to Canada. I’d had my leaving drinks and everything. After finishing university, I had spent a couple of years working […]

A is for Austin (Blogging from A to Z)

So, I’m going to do this thing called Blogging from A-Z for April. It will involve lots of posts, some longer than others, and it will hopefully provide a look into what makes me tick. To begin with, A is for Austin. That’s not me; that’s Austin, Texas. My favourite place to go in the United […]

K is for Kyle and Kirk

My brother, as I said in my last post, has always been a great role model and hero of mine. Now I want to focus on a couple of other people who have chipped in too (without knowing it to a large degree (although I did meet one of them once and tell him so). […]

a Sci-Fi adventure by Richard Austin

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