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Sanditon: Why We Need Season Two

November 5, 2020

Back in 2018, when it was announced that the new adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel Sanditon would be penned by veteran screenwriter Andrew Davies, The Guardian demanded to know how it “would stand up... Read More...

Hell’s Bells! Something Scary For Christmas

C S Hughes

December 19, 2016

Books

Sometimes it is easy to forget in the cheer and frivolity of the festive season, that celebrations at this time of year began as a way of warding off the evils of long, dark winters, where snow didn't mean rosy... Read More...

For Halloween We Present The Gothic Horror Lord Bonyfoote’s Dance

Olga Hughes

October 31, 2015

Poet's Stage

For Halloween we present for your terror, delectation and amusement, Lord Bonyfoote's Dance, a poem in the classic Gothic tradition of Edgar Allan Poe and the young Conrad Aiken, a chiller by our very own C S H... Read More...

How To Be Happy By Giving Up Your Dreams And Embracing Your Mediocrity – A Book Review

C S Hughes

June 11, 2015

Books, Ridiculam Mundi

Howard P Hohenzollern has been called by some the "Guru of Mediocrity," though Hohenzollern himself disputes this epithet in the new introductory chapter of his book, How To Be Happy By Giving Up Your Dreams An... Read More...

Gourmet Paper Mache Presents A Timelapse Of The Great Red Dragon

C S Hughes

December 9, 2014

Art

Dragons. Beasts wrested from our darkest subconscious which take flight in our highest dreams. In medieval times they were known for despoiling maidens. While largely symbolic, how exactly that worked should pe... Read More...

A Home Front Diary 1914-1918 by Lillie Scales Life in London During WWI

Olga Hughes

May 2, 2014

History, Interviews

On July 28th 1914, almost 100 years ago, Lillie Scales began to record a diary. Lillie was an upper-middle-class lady living in London during the First World War, and for the next four years she would keep a jo... Read More...

George R R Martin – Movie Still On The Cards

C S Hughes

November 15, 2013

Books, Film & TV, Game of Thrones

Wild Cards XVI - Deuces Down the 16th book in the series, with cover art by a legend in the field of SF illustration, Steranko. George R R Martin, author of the epic fantasy series A Song Of Ice And Fire, bro... Read More...

Kate Mulgrew – Captain Kathryn Janeway To Pen Memoir

C S Hughes

November 9, 2013

Books

Kate Mulgrew Kate Mulgrew, who is currently playing the tough prison cook Galina 'Red' Reznikov in the US prison drama Orange Is The New Black, and is perhaps best known for her roles as Mary Ryan in the long... Read More...

What Is History?

C S Hughes

September 28, 2013

History, Ridiculam Mundi

It is said speculation is the spice on the lumpy porridge of history. Satire is the plums. History itself is a morass, a bowl from which a spoon may hold juicy raisins as likely as recalcitrant nuts. With the c... Read More...

See It, Read It – Book Trailers For Self-Publishers

Max Magnus

June 29, 2013

Books

Every book needs a trailer these days. At least with this teaser ad for the soon to be released iBooks title Fracture Wolf, a small collection of poems, short stories and animated artworks by C S Hughes, the wo... Read More...

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