A survey has revealed 9 out of 10 British tennis fans don’t have a fucking clue who the world’s best tennis players are.
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Saturday, April 13th, 2013
Sometimes I just stare at my inbox waiting for an email to arrive. I don’t know why; even if it does it will probably be a company-contacting-me-occasionally-to-keep-me-up-to-date-with-their-latest-offers-that-I-can-unsubscribe-to-at-any-time. I will probably click on it too, have a little browse of the latest organic spray tan deals. (more…)
On Penguin by Design
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
My love of book cover design has led me to pick up Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935 – 2005, an illustrated guide to the history of Penguin book covers, as found on a trendy coffee table near you. (more…)
The Romanian New Wave – An Introduction to Contemporary Romanian Film
Monday, February 18th, 2013I’m happy to say that these days the film-going public are aware of a number of high quality films coming out of Romania, no doubt helped by the numerous awards heaped upon them. These films seem to divide Romanians, though. Some of the Romanians I’ve spoken to seem to think that these new films are nothing special, that the themes they explore are ordinary, the stories commonplace. The same people are not happy with the way Romania is being portrayed. Why not show the beauty of the country? Why not show the villas and the riches and the cultural heritage? Why is everything shot in a dingy flat in Bucharest? (more…)
Exciting writing
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Exciting writing…it’s the Holy Grail for so many people. Publishers have to say “no” far more often than they say “yes.” Is that because they just can’t say “yes” to everybody, they have to be selective? Or is it slim pickings? Is it just me, or does a lot of writing recently just seem…tired? Or in a lot of cases like the writer is trying so hard to please you that it’s distracting. It’s hard to get lost in a story when you’re distracted. But seriously, don’t you hate when you can smell the desperation off the pages? (more…)
Addicted to The Vorrh on Kindle
Friday, January 18th, 2013Ladies and gentlemen and highly intelligent pets, we bring you The Vorrh on an electronic platter. You can now go down to the electronic high street, at the only store in town, and buy a simmering e-copy. Now we know smoking’s expensive – that’s why we’ve priced The Vorrh Kindle at roughly the same price as twenty glorious deathsticks. You see, this New Year, we’d like to help you get over your addiction by replacing it with a new one. We do all we can to help.
The Vorrh Kindle – UK customers
The Vorrh Kindle – US customers
WARNING: The Vorrh DOES NOT kill or make you impotent. You may, however, experience a serious kick from its imaginative splendour.
Favourite authors’ top books
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Books. Favourite books. Top books. Any of them, some of them, all of them, none of them. I asked some of the Honest authors: Ferro, Kavanagh, Smith, Strang and Tiganov. (more…)
Alan Moore and B. Catling in The Vorrh Launch Video
Monday, January 7th, 2013The Cultural Steam
Thursday, December 20th, 2012For far too long people have stood on the sidelines, watching as culture turned to steam. It is entirely acceptable for great work to go unnoticed. It is acceptable because people who are supposed to be doing a job don’t care, are too lazy to even respond to an email. Let’s take one industry: publishing. Writers can’t be arsed to write well, publishers can’t be arsed to support new talent or spend money on talent, journalists can’t be arsed to support new presses by writing features or reviews and writers understand that only backed work sells, only when your best mate is head editor, or when you’re in the right club, so they can’t be arsed to write etc. People are too tired and depressed to do anything because they’ve learnt how the world works, or stumbles along drunk and hazy. The answer is: leave it, forget it, turn your back and embrace anything that pays the bills, that brings in the hits and guarantees mass market participation. (more…)
