To be a John Carpenter fan is to submit oneself to perpetual disappointment. Every few years a new movie will come out, aficionados of Carpenter’s early work will convince themselves, in defiance of both good sense and experience, that this is it; The One; the film that will reverse his artistic decline and restore ‘TheContinue reading “I’m a John Carpenter fan, or ‘masochist’ for short”
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In defence of Martin Bright
If you’ll permit the intrusion of a shegetz into the controversy attending the Jewish Chronicle‘s reporting on London Citizens, I’d like to add a few thoughts. London Citizens is an alliance of community groups based in the capital that brings together representatives from all the major faiths to be found in Britain. Hitherto known for campaigns on theContinue reading “In defence of Martin Bright”
‘A humble and dedicated man… he was quite simply a gentleman’
Decency. Humility. Kindness. Those words were repeated endlessly at the funeral service for MSP Bashir Ahmad, who died suddenly on Friday. They were the words chosen – by everyone from imam to first minister – to describe a politician whose friendships and influence cut across parties and communities. With the shock of his death stillContinue reading “‘A humble and dedicated man… he was quite simply a gentleman’”
How I became Lizzy Bennet
Being Elizabeth Bennet: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure By Emma Campbell Webster Atlantic Books, pp.352 Do you remember the choose-your-own-adventure books that squatted brazenly on the school library shelves? Those laminated interlopers that enticed you with their E-number colour schemes and promises of author-sanctioned page-skipping privileges? How they mocked the “serious” titles and their obsessionContinue reading “How I became Lizzy Bennet”
Stephen Daisley 