BloodlineA thirteen-part "Dark Shadows" serial.
Last Orders at the Blue WhaleA short story featured on "Dark Shadows: Phantom Melodies".
1001 TV Series......You Must Watch Before You Die. (Several Published Articles.)
The Curse of ShurafaAn audio drama for Big Finish's "Dark Shadows" Range.
So this is the original version of a review I submitted 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’s the original. And I think it’s way better. (I mean, I would, but I do genuinely think that.)
So… one of my favourite things is the Amazon Prime TV adaptation of the Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman novel “Good Omens”. This is my attempt at novelising one of the scenes which isn’t taken from the novel. Just did it as a writing exercise, really, but hopefully I got the style of the original book close enough.
A reminder of that time the BBC told me I should definitely keep up my aim to be a writer…
So on the 18th June 2022 my little brother, Daniel, married Helena: a wonderful woman who he met at Exeter University. I was asked to be best man, which was a great honour. Unfortunately Covid intervened and both Joe and I tested positive for it the day before it was due to take place. Thankfully, through the power of modern technology I was able to give the speech, albeit as a disembodied voice. And here it is!
I was reminded of this today, and I don’t come out of it too well if truth be told. Basically I’m a credulous fool. But I quite like the prose, which was done during A-Level English when studying Clive James’ “Unreliable Memoirs”. I think I captured the style and I should probably do more in it.
I was reminded this weekend of a rather marvellous day that took place back on Good Friday 2019 where I got to meet the marvellous Eurovision luminaries Nicki French and SuRie and a host of other wonderful people at the Retro Bar in London. This is me eulogising about it.
