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Archive for August, 2007
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On Google Sky
Posted on August 30, 2007 | No CommentsI’m probably (as usual) the last person in the world to get on to this – but I’ve just discovered the joys of Google Sky. Google Earth is great of... -
On Action Women
Posted on August 29, 2007 | 5 CommentsI read an interesting article the other day by Sarah Churchwell, a senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia (The Guardian, last week) about women in cinema. She’d been... -
On Nice Versus Nasty
Posted on August 27, 2007 | 3 CommentsI’ve just finished reading the excellent and immensely ingenious Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman. It’s a book which plays a very clever game – drawing on the ancient myths of... -
On Magdalen Nabb
Posted on August 26, 2007 | No CommentsEveryone has their favourite country for holidays….mine is Italy. I’ve been to Lake Garda, Umbria, Tuscany, Florence, Lake Garda again, Florence again, and of course Rome. This year I... -
On Not Actually Being Here
Posted on August 21, 2007 | 3 CommentsI’m not actually here, and I’m not actually writing this blog. I’m on holiday in a cottage in the North East of this country, with no internet access and no... -
On Buffy, and Vampires Slain
Posted on August 15, 2007 | 7 CommentsWHY I LOVE BUFFY When I first started teaching screenwriting, I quickly learned the fundamental principle of teaching is to create a group dynamic; and the way to do that... -
TX: Breaking Point
Posted on August 15, 2007 | 3 CommentsMy new radio drama BREAKING POINT is broadcast on Friday, 10th August, 9pm, on Radio 4…(For further info, see the blog ON THE RADIO DRAMA EXPERIENCE.) If you miss it,... -
The Future History of Debatable Space
Posted on August 15, 2007 | No CommentsI’m reading the proofs for Debatable Space this week…a delightful but terrifying exercise. The story spans a thousand years, and features extraordinary events that are meant to be implausible and...