Star Wars, star wares

Star Wars, star wares How Star Wars Conquered the Universe Chris Taylor, London: Head of Zeus, 2015 In 1977, like millions of other prepubescents, I trooped excitedly along to a cinema to see the first instalment of Star Wars. I was twelve, anxious about acne, fond of sci-fi comics, and sick with ruthless fantasies about remaking… Continue reading

John Aubrey – remembrancer, Romantic and forward-thinker

JOHN AUBREY – REMEMBRANCER, ROMANTIC AND FORWARD-THINKER John Aubrey, My Own Life Ruth Scurr, London: Chatto & Windus, 2015, hb., 518pp, £25 Just as English painting is renowned for portraiture, so English letters have been illuminated by some of the greatest biographers ever to burnish world literature. After Boswell, the best-known is John Aubrey (1626-1697),… Continue reading

First review of Displacement, and an interview with Barney Campbell

The first review of Displacement has just been published by Quadrapheme, written by the inestimable Barney Campbell. http://www.quadrapheme.com/fiction-review-displacement/ My thanks to Barney Campbell for his insight and generosity, both in his review and in this interview, which appeared the previous day. http://www.quadrapheme.com/displacement-21st-century-alienation/  

Star Wars, star wares – review of How Star Wars Conquered the Universe by Chris Taylor

Star Wars, star wares How Star Wars Conquered the Universe Chris Taylor, London: Head of Zeus, 2015 In 1977, like millions of other prepubescents, I trooped excitedly along to a cinema to see the first instalment of Star Wars. I was twelve, anxious about acne, fond of sci-fi comics, and sick with ruthless fantasies about remaking… Continue reading

New light on the magical realist – review of Dimitris Yeros Photographing Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  NEW LIGHTS ON THE MAGICAL REALIST Dimitris Yeros photographing Gabriel García Márquez Dimitris Yeros, foreword by Edward Lucie-Smith, Bielefeld: Kerber, 2015, 136pps., 36 Euros, www.yeros.com Dimitris Yeros is a justly celebrated photographer and artist based in Athens. Edward Lucie-Smith is a highly-regarded poet and the author of authoritative art histories. And Gabriel García Márquez… Continue reading