Am reading The Writer's Tale: The Final Chapter and oh, the deliciousness of being inside such a conversation. It is the newer, updated version, with 300 extra pages. Written over a couple of years the book consists of email and text message correspondence between Russell T Davies, head writer (or for the US readers showrunner) … Continue reading Notes on The Writer’s Tale: The Final Chapter
A musement – on a bus.
It’s weird the things you notice in the middle of the night on a bus halfway between Ballarat and some small slumbering hamlet. Like the moon riding the horizon, becoming more orange the closer it gets. Oh, and the overwhelming bereftness as it sinks into the west. Goodbye, old moon, my only friend out here. … Continue reading A musement – on a bus.
Egyptus Aeturnus Australis?
HERODOTUS, the world’s first historian and travel writer, was so impressed by the antiquity of Egypt he attributed to it the seeds of his own culture. And so, ever since the Ancient Greeks caught on, the allure of Egypt has not gone out of fashion. The Romans too, always followers of Greece’s fancies, were romanced … Continue reading Egyptus Aeturnus Australis?
Lost in Wonder
Stories about the human condition, masquerading as something else - it's good stuff. Like how Alice in Wonderland is a fantasy adventure, but also a discussion of logic and how language, society and class systems corrode meaning, as much as they provides structure. Any cinematic version will play on the gorgeous visual absurdity of the … Continue reading Lost in Wonder
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