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Ghoulish Nostalgic Nightmares
As this is the eve of my favourite festival and in the tradition of "Throwback Thursday"I thought I would re-visit an old nightmare and up-light the stage with the ghoul... The ghoul ranks amongst...
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Family Horror Films
Cover via AmazonThis great little piece and listing from Empire magazine shows why many of my generation had such a dark childhood. The '70s and '80s were a quirky time for kids with many films...
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The Blooded Lens Filter Part 1
The Blooded Lens Filter Distorting Horror Fiction through Cinema (Part 1)In time for Halloween I thought I would have a little look at the way horror cinema has changed the way we view certain horror...
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Melvyn Bragg's Books
Melvyn Bragg has earned himself the rare distinction of being a true celebrity academic in modern times. His achievements are vast and impressive. His career got off the ground as a successful...
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Deceptive Docufiction
There have been many stunning documentaries. However, there have also been many shockingly inaccurate and misleading documentaries. Michael Moore is probably partly responsible for the rise in partisan...
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Mary and the Gunpowder Plot - A Review of a Classic BBC Historical Melodrama
The 2000s saw the rise of quality of TV drama. Looking back to the previous decade it was inevitable that this was going to happen and I aim to discuss the matter in an essay on subject. However, for...
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A Day to Remember?
“Remember, remember the 5th November. Gunpowder, treason and plot”Okay, it’s not the most original way to start a piece of writing, but I do like its ominous-sounding dramatic emphasis. The day the...
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Catch Me If You Can... Hunt Me If You Dare!
I grew up loving superheroes. The majority of my childhood was spent wanting to be a costumed defender of justice. American superheroes invaded my life since my visit to Florida in 1980. After that I...
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So Long Soho?
Soho (Photo credit: Wikipedia)English: Colorfully painted shop windows in a typical Soho backstreet in London. Deutsch: Farbenfroh bemalte Schaufenster in einer für den Stadtteil Soho typischen Strasse...
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The Greatest Martial Arts Movie in the Galaxy?
Just prior to the release of what was supposed to be the final live action motion picture in the Star Wars franchise, the end of the third park of the prequel trilogy, "The Revenge of the Sith", I...
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John Cleese's Favourite TV Experience
Fig.1. John Cleese with "Murphy" our baby ruffed lemur on the set of "The Human Face". Okay, please excuse the massive clanging sound that will resonate throughout this blog now, but I am going to do...
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Paddington Goes Before a Committee
English: Paddington at Paddington (Photo credit: Wikipedia)*One day Paddington received a letter telling him he was to be put in front of a committee. “What’s a committee?” he asked the Brown family....
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We're All Superstitious! A review of "Supersense"
It seems crazy to think that our very irrationality might be part of what binds our species together and allows a lot of interdependence. Cognitive psychology is a fascinating subject and I have read...
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Artistic Diarrhoea?
Horizontally-divided field emblem. Used in Matthew Barney's films. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Plot:Inspired (I refuse to say “loosely based”) on Norman Mailer’s most heavily criticized work, “Ancient...
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The Nativity Pigs
There were pigs in my daughter’s Nativity Play. She told me as much weeks ago, but I finally saw for myself last night. They are part of a cast of anthropomorphised animals that decide to stay awake...
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Thomas Cromwell Revised
Portrait of Thomas Cromwell. New York, Frick Collection. Oak panel, 76 x 61 cm. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"The ambitious have no friends" - Brian Taggert and Faustus BuckThomas Cromwell seems modelled...
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iAuthor Page
This is my new page on iAuthor. Please share with interested parties. I hope to be listing details on my future books and published material. Let's see if it is a fruitful association. Jamie Clubb. See...
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Militant Moderate!
English: Political Spectrum Chart (Photo credit: Wikipedia)European Political Spectrum (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Far be it for me to sing the praises of normalcy. I would view my life and upbringing to...
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Viking Duck
When I look out of my window and the visual display that meets me could easily have been a subject for an Edgar Hunt oil painting. Various breeds of chickens, some Emden geese and even white and blue...
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The Perfect Actress!
As is the fashion of most great British actors, Billie Whitelaw played down her career and her art. She called it a "flibbertigibbety occupation" and, again like so many performers, she lacked...
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