Tonight’s Viewing – Children of Dune (2003)

So, I thought I would stick this on as I’ve been rereading the book over the past few weeks (I listen to it while going to sleep so I have to start over and over again with the last part I can remember each time). I remember much preferring this three part mini-series put together […]

Casting Dune – Trailer Reaction

…or is it the trailer? Is it a trailer for a trailer? Previews within previews within previews. So, I’m glad that I’ve finally managed to find this as everyone else in the world seems to have seen it before me. I saw it in a very low quality, shaky format someone shared on Twitter complete […]

Audrey’s Dance – a poem

Maja Ljunggren’s Twin peaks Fan Art Hey, two poems in two days! I’m back!! So, following on from my last poem, I happened to see this picture. Of all the wonderful pieces of artwork done the exceptionally talented Maja Ljunggren, this has to be my favourite. She’s really captured the horror of Audrey Horne’s situation, […]

Trinity – a poem

Hi everyone, Well, I was finally inspired to write something new and I’m pleased to present it here. This is my new poem, Trinity, which is a sequence of haikus about the Trinity atomic bomb Test in 1945. This was inspired by two things. A few weeks ago was the third anniversary of the airing […]

Slow June – The Coma of my Creativity

Hi everyone, Well, it’s the 26th of June and this is my first post of the month. No poems, no musings about films I’ve watched, no updates on anything. Truth is, I’ve been suffering from an intense lack of inspiration. When I look back to the beginning of the year, I was churning out poems […]

Please sponsor my wife to ride a bike with beans on her head!

Hi everyone, Not my usual kind of post; but if you have a moment and a spare couple of quid, please consider sponsoring Mrs A to ride 19km on her bike with a bowl of baked beans strapped to her head. She’s doing this piece of amazingness in order to help raise money for the […]

Tonight’s Viewing – Fire (Pozar)

Hi everyone, How lovely to sit and watch something from David Lynch that I’ve never seen before. I thought this was brand new but then the title at the end said 2015. I don’t know if it had just remained hidden until now or if everyone else had already seen it. I deliberately didn’t read […]

Break upon his Tomb – a rispetto

Hi everyone, The form I chose for this week’s poetry video was Rispetto; a short form comprised of 8 lines, 11 syllables each. The form is Italian as you might have guessed. It comes from the 14th and 15th Centuries, in Tuscany. The word rispetto means respect, so I decided to go with a more […]

Dust Gathers – a triolet

Hi everyone, Another poem – this time it’s a triolet. This is a short 8-line stanza poem dating back to 13th Century France. the rhyme scheme is pretty easy to spot. It was done really well by Thomas Hardy when the form reached England in the 19th Century. I decided to write about the dust […]

A couple of Naani (or Naanis – I’m not sure)

Hi everyone, I was doing another video for the school YouTube channel today; another poetry challenge. The form today was Naani. This is a South Indian form of poetry that dates back to the 11th Century. It’s very simple; 4 lines, 20-25 syllables. There are no other rules. The word means ‘one and all’ which […]

The Ardenna Crossing

a Sci-Fi adventure by Richard Austin