Mild spoilers ahead for Rogue One: A Star Wars story. In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story two human characters were rendered in CGI (Computer Generated Imagery). Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia and Peter Cushing’s Grand Moth Tarkin. The reason for Fisher’s CGI double was that she had aged since the release of Star Wars Episode Four where as …
Category: Odds and Ends
Jan 01
Happy New Year/2017 goals
Happy New Year! 2016 is finally over. I think that the general consensus for 2016 was that it was a bad year. There have been lots of celebrity deaths. Gene Wilder, Kenny Baker, Muhammad Ali, Prince, Ronnie Corbett, Paul Daniels, Sir Terry Wogan, Alan Rickman, David Bowie and Carrie Fisher to name a FEW. There was …
Oct 31
Five London Horror Stories
Happy Halloween. In the spirit of Halloween I will give you five horror stories and urban legends from old London town. Enjoy!
Oct 08
Inspiration: Street Art
Last week this status was placed on the fourth plinth on Trafalgar Square. The statue is called Really Good and was created by artist David Shrigley. it is suppose to bring a positive vibe to the city but it’s received mixed reviews on social media. Personally I’m not a fan but I’m not normally an art person. …
Aug 28
Fiftieth Post
This website has been running for just over a year and has reached fifty posts. This post is just to mark the occasion. You might have seen this tweet I created a while back… Yes, I have ideas for future posts planned for the next twelve months. Apart from last minute posts such as reviewing a best seller, …
Jun 05
Word count and end of the first draft
It’s time to answer the lifelong question… is bigger better? The longest book I could find is called In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust and is 1,267,069 words/3,031 pages/9,609,000 characters. I think the longest book I’ve read is Lord of the Rings The Complete Series which is 455125 words (or there about). I …
Apr 24
Adaptation article published.
Hello everyone, Do you remember my post on adaptation from November of last year? I’m happy to say that the magazine company Kishboo contacted me about the article and yesterday published it on their website. You can read it here
Jan 02
Doctor Who’s The Husbands of River Song, Sherlock’s The Abominable Bride Review and The 2015 Annual Report
Happy New year! I hope you had a successful 2015 and wish you an even better 2016. For me the two TV highlights over the Christmas and New Year Season have been Doctor Who’s The Husbands of River Song and Sherlock’s The Abominable Bride. Let’s review: Be warned Major Spoilers below!