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George Mann’s first novel ‘The Affinity Bridge’ taps neatly into a number of popular themes: take steampunk and mix with a dash of zombies and sprinkle with an underlying mystery to solve whilst it’s at it and then cook for about 270 pages. Sir Maurice Newbury, advisor to the Crown, has a lot on his […]
January 17, 2012
As part of Lassfest at award-winning Manchester pub, the Lass O’Gowrie, they have been having a tribute to the work on Jack Rosenthal in support of Myeloma UK. Last week they dramatised episodes of Coronation Street from 1968. This week, they’re tackling a long lost ‘Play for Today’ from 1974 called Hot Fat. Play for Today was a […]
January 16, 2012
Julie Dawn Cole, best known for her remarkable portrayal of Veruca Salt in the 1971 film adaptation of “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” opens up her scrapbook of mementos and memories on this enchanting time of her life. Although not a commercial success, the original adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book has gone on to be a […]
January 10, 2012
Picking up the morning after the night before, will Elsie be able to get Dennis to the church on time? And how will Dennis manage to be in two places at once on his wedding night? Things take a more dramatic turn in this second episode of live Corrie. In true Coronation Street fashion, there are a […]
January 9, 2012
Onto the Lass O’Gowrie for the full run of this week’s live episodes, penned by Jack Rosenthal, comprising tonight’s episode “The Wedding of Dennis Tanner, Part 1″ which concludes on Tuesday before The Ogdens on Wednesday/Thursday and the omnibus of all three episodes on Sunday. It’s the day before Dennis Tanner’s wedding to Jenny Sutton and with […]
January 8, 2012
As part of award winning Manchester pub The Lass O’Gowrie’s Lassfest, three episodes of Coronation Street, written by Jack Rosenthal, and unseen since their original transmission in 1968 have been recast, and will be performed in the award winning Lass O’Gowrie on Charles Street in Manchester this week. I was treated to a sneak preview of […]
January 5, 2012
Please note, this book is currently free for a limited time on the Kindle here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/DEADLINE-ebook/dp/B0043M4N2C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326063604&sr=8-1 Please note, this review contains spoilers. This real-time thriller chronicles one day in the life of a fictional Toronto newspaper, the Daily Express. With a serial killer on the loose in the city, the kidnapping of one of the paper’s […]
January 3, 2012
The Amazon page for Dust proclaims that “if you like Stephen King and Ray Bradbury then you’ll love this’. Well, I do, and I did. A freebie earlier this year for the Kindle, Dust is the story of a small Canadian village that has suffered drought for years. But when a traveller proclaims he can […]
January 26, 2012
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