Columnists

Drawn to cinema: An interview with Stuart Craig

Stuart Craig talks about drawing and cinematic story telling, and how, even after 40 years in the business, he can still be daunted by the blank page – with original illustrations

Read more →

The LBD: the Model-T of the Wardrobe

Yes, I’m a 34B! Yes, I was looking for calf-length! Yes, it’s a dressy event and I can appreciate the workmanship in the bodice! Wrap it up! Wrap it up! Just don’t get out your pliers.

Read more →

Not so fancy dress…

I was Boudicca. Note the warlike expression in my eyes. The proud, erect figure commanding the respect of men. The way I’m fiddling with my cardboard breastplates as if uncertain where the things they are supposed to be protecting might be.

Read more →

The Bookshop Guy talks: Christmas – oh yes it is!

Merry Christmas everyone! Get used to that, folks because we’re completely bypassing Halloween this year.

Read more →

The Astral Voyage

Thumbnail image for The Astral Voyage

behind them swam, a soldier true, a soldier who, through combat due, had forgot which side, his loyalties too, and he kicked his legs, like a stoic human motor….. his epaulettes, and silver buttons ruffled by the waves…..

Read more →

A visit to the clinic – From In Praise of Savagery

When I got to the front of the queue the medicine-man’s assistant took hold of my shoulder with one hand, and with the other he pushed a pin or needle into my skin and lifted it up towards the medicine man

Read more →

Talking to Andrew, The Amputee Chronicles

“I’m an optimist by nature” he says in a typically understated manner “losing a leg is an inconvenience” he continues, before adding wittily “but it certainly cuts down the queuing at airports!

Read more →

A challenge with real heart

Eleven years ago Justin Miles was in a near fatal car accident. Overnight he went from being a healthy, carefree 26-year-old fitness trainer to not being able to walk or talk. It would be a long road to wellness. Today, at 37 and fully recovered, Justin prepares for an Antarctic journey.

Read more →

Cypress, a holiday on The Green Line

The Green Line is a UN patrolled area splitting the independent island of Cyprus into two. In the North are the occupying Turkish forces which invaded in 1974 and created the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983, a state recognised in the world only by Turkey. The Green Line is fascinating and was a place I had to see.

Read more →

Britain and India’s “Very Special Relationship”

India and Britain’s current links are impressive: India is the 2nd largest job creator in the UK and the UK is India’s largest trading partner in Europe. But there is the potential for so much more.

Read more →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →