…Is the question asked on the BBC Magazine website. So, do we? I have to admit that I like to learn something new when reading a novel, even if it’s only a description, a scene being set of a place I’ve never been. There’s nothing like it, being inside someone else’s head. And that’s something […]
Just take a look at this.
Scientists have ‘discovered’ that neatness stymies creativity.
Blinks.
Scientists have ‘discovered’ the right side of the brain, it seems.
Crikey, I could have told these highly-paid people that messy is good when it comes to creativity, that one should allow the muse its way with the person doing the creating. And it’s a […]
I am annoyed. Very much so.
I know this is old news, but since Sir Ian McKellen has said that it’s looking more and more likely that he will play Gandalf again for The Hobbit, I feel the subject needs to be re-addressed.
Peter Jackson successfully brought Middle Earth alive and into the homes/minds of many people […]
For those of you who neither know nor care that I used to haunt the canals of Britain in a narrowboat, please don’t bother reading this. Anyone who does boat, or is interested, this is a rant. Be warned.
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Is it one, two…three or more? Boats, I mean, going through lift bridges. How many is enough […]
Self Indulgences. Immodesty and chocolate cake, among other things.
I’m rather ill-at-ease talking about myself. Being a born gossip (as all writers are) I’d much rather talk about others and what drives them, what intricacies make them the person they are and what effect others have on them — the good yes, but especially the bad. […]