In Memory of Tristan Fear
In memory of Tristan Fear, 15 May 1995 to 30th November 2025.
The Best of Fiends
Back in 2013 I wrote a piece for the Collinsport Historical Society on how I fell in love with (and ended up writing for) Dark Shadows, which was published as part of their 50th Anniversary Celebrations. It’s now the 60th anniversary, and the CHS website is offline, but Wallace kindly said I could republish it here. So here it is…
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Juvenilia: Red Dwarf VIII – A Curate’s Smeg
Here’s a very early piece of what might be called Juvenilia: a distinctly vicious review of the eighth series of Red Dwarf published in TV Zone magazine issue 122 in 1999. It’s clear than I didn’t think much of the show after Rob Grant’s departure, and I’m afraid to say I’m a little bit savage to it, in that regard. Still very proud of the “Curate’s Smeg” slugline, though…
Belvedere Kane: Such Trying Times
Another in what may become an occasional series of reviews the world didn’t need or ask for, in the style of what I used to do for We Are Cult. This time it’s the brilliant ‘Such Trying Times’ by Belvedere Kane, an album released thirty years later than intended but no less welcome for it!
Archer or ‘When Subeditors Go Wild’
Years ago I submitted a piece on the TV series ‘Archer’ for 1001 TV Series You Must Watch Before You Die. Something got published in that book, but none of it was written by me despite going out under my name. So, here is what I actually wrote. Which I obviously think is way better.