Did you know that today is commonly accepted as Sherlock Holmes’ birthday? Although the exact details and circumstances of his fictional birth are unknown, we know that Sherlock was born on 6th January 1854 making him one hundred and sixty eight years old today. I am a big fan of Sherlock in almost all of …
Does Murder on the Orient Express count as a Christmas film? There’s no mention to the time or date but it is set in snow. Anyway here’s my review of the 2017 film Murder on the Orient Express staring and directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh. Spoilers ahead!
Have you ever written a Facebook status or a composed an important email, pressed send and then noticed a mistake in the text? It’s mortifying. This feeling is even worse when you call yourself a writer and people expect all your written work to be of top quality. Like Frankenstein rejecting his monster after its …
When does a story turn into a tall tale?
Some fictional characters are so incredible and outlandish, it is difficult to believe that they are based on real people. Yet, this is the case for some of our best loved characters. Here are five famous characters and their real life inspirations.
London is ancient. The Romans built a settlement sometime after 43AD and called it Londinium but historians argue there is evidence of a town before that. Currently London is home to 8.63 million people and is the setting of countless stories. I’ve visited the location of three well known stories set in London to see …