The word Wanderlust is defined by the English Dictionary as a strong desire to travel. I think it is fair to say that many of us in the UK are experiencing Wanderlust at the moment, myself included. In 2017 I published two website posts about fictional places you could visit in the real world. You …
Category: Writing posts
Jan 31
Five science fiction gadgets that have become reality.
If you believe the adverts on TV, January is normally the most exciting month of the year. You can exchange unwanted Christmas presents in the January sales and make a bargain, you can plan out your goals throughout the year and if you don’t enjoy Christmas then you can celebrate the fact that things are …
Jan 01
Goals for 2021
Happy New Year. I hope you welcome 2021 with open arms. It can’t be worse than last year…. can it? Needless to say, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic won’t magically disappear overnight. A wise old wizard won’t snap his fingers and end lockdown. Although a vaccine is now being circulated we will still be …
Dec 31
2020: A year in review.
Do you remember all the jokes we were making at the start of the year about having twenty twenty vision? Yeah, none of us could really see what 2020 was going to bring, could we? Hello everyone and welcome to end of 2020. Thank god, eh? I think we can all agree 2020 was an …
Nov 01
NaNoWriMo 2020
Hello everyone, As the title of this post suggests, I am taking part in NaNoWriMo this year. If you are unaware NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and the purpose is to motivate writers to set and reach a target before the month ends, normally 50,000 words. If that sounds herculean, it might help …
Oct 31
Five conspiracy theories that were proven true
There is little scarier in the world than a harsh truth… We live in a world full of misinformation. You may have seen the conspiracy theory floating around online that claims 5G is responsible for the Coronavirus. I will admit that I don’t understand the difference between 3G or 4G on my phone or how …
Sep 20
How can you bring a dead actor back to life?
In 2013 the Walt Disney company produced a short film titled Get a Horse which was shown before Frozen in cinemas. In Get a Horse, Mickey Mouse attempts to save Minnie by traveling between the 2D 1940’s cartoon world and the modern day cinema. If you want to watch the film in question there is …
Mar 08
Spitfire Review: Doctor Who series 12
Last week Doctor Who series 12 finished broadcasting and the internet is riddled with reviews, fan theories and opinions. It was certainly a decisive series and I thought I’d add my voice to the mix. Generally I think that this series was more enjoyable than the previous one and I think a large part of …
Feb 09
150th post!
This post is my 150th website post. I can clearly recall the moment I started this website. I was sitting in a computer lab at London South Bank University. The rest of the class were publishing The South Bank Review, an online magazine created by Creative Writing students in their Third Year. I had finished …