If you can take your eyes off the action in the foreground when you watch our new animated short film A Fish Out of Water (or its trailer), you may notice some playbills on the walls of The Wild Rover beer house. These posters are not just for decoration – they give some insight into … Continue reading
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Uncovering The Whole Truth at an Oxford gathering worthy of Christie
I normally publish a post about the latest brilliant crime thriller by my talented friend Cara Hunter when I’ve returned from the launch party. But these (I write this in Sepember 2021) are not normal times. The Whole Truth, the fifth in her remarkable Oxford-set DI Fawley series, was released without a launch in January, … Continue reading
Doing The Harvard Tango with Mal and David (and Dirk, Evie, and Bess)
I was first drawn to Essex pop-rock band The 1957 Tail Fin Fiasco, not just by their wonderful name, but by their Steely Dan-ish music, with influences from other ’70s bands, which many people of my age enjoy. So I was very pleased to hear they have a new album, The Harvard Tango, now available … Continue reading
Daleks, werewolves, voodoo and rebellion – Roy Castle’s big screen legacy
Roy Castle was one of the UK’s biggest TV stars of the 1960s and ’70s. An accomplished jazz musician, dancer and actor, a generation of Brits grew up with him as the presenter of the hugely popular Record Breakers. Surprisingly, perhaps, he made only four feature films over 10 years, but each one of them … Continue reading