Doctor Who, SFF, history, and other things I think about far too much
Way back in 2019 I did a wee talk on the TARDIS Talks academic track at the Gallifrey One convention. It's a fantastic part of the convention that lets attendees do a deep dive into some aspect of Doctor Who that they're passionate about. And instead of the more traditional panel structure, you present a…
Continue reading ➞ The Laws of Rassilon: Constitutional and Criminal Law on Gallifrey
The beautiful cover has been created by artist Daryl Joyce I've been working on this for rather a while now, and my book, Where We Stand, Where We Fall, is up for pre-order. I mentioned it on BlueSky last week, but here's a whole post about it - and a 30% discount code if you…
Continue reading ➞ Book news! Where We Stand, Where We Fall Available to Pre-Order
Last week I was on a lovely writers' retreat in the Lake District, and found some time to take a couple of trips to investigate the beautiful surrounding area. So obviously I had to go see some medieval ruins. The best sort of ruins. And though it was grey and wet and very, very muddy,…
I thought it'd be nice to do a quick post about what's been going on this year. And since I have this website it seems sensible that I try to remember to update it. But, yes, 2025! A year that is...the not the best year I've ever experienced, but I am determined to keep this…
Usually I try to write something at the end of/very beginning of the year as some sort of vague reflectiveness on the past year. This feels a bit late. And it's really not reflecting all that much on the previous year. But I still wanted to write something to mark the existential despair of having…
CW: This post is about dog deaths in films. A few months ago I finally got over my childhood fear of The Amityville Horror and actually watched it. And I loved it. Then I watched the remake, and hated it with a burning passion in the way many people hate on a remake of a…
Continue reading ➞ An Exciting and Innovative New Way to Rate Horror Films
As is traditional, I'm making this post in a very timely fashion; a mere three month after this year's Worldcon has concluded. Well done, me. In case you don't know what Worldcon is, it is a yearly science-fiction convention, and every year it takes place in a different city around the world. And this year…
In my usual timely fashion I'm making the post about my latest work a week or two after in came out. The classic Doctor Who novel Goth Opera, written by Paul Cornell (that guy I do Hammer House of Podcast with; he may also have written some telly, and comics, and books, and radio), is…
Lighthouses are awesome. They are such pure buildings, all noble and humanitarian, meant to protect and guide. They are beacons of hope, literally, metaphorically. When France and Britain were at war (again) at the end of the 17th century a French privateer took engineer Henry Winstanley prisoner while he was working on the first lighthouse…
Continue reading ➞ The Five Best Lighthouses of All the Lighthouses
On January 31st 1953 the United Kingdom experienced one of its deadliest maritime disasters when the Princess Victoria attempted to make the crossing from her home port of Stranraer in Scotland, to Larne in Northern Ireland. It's a short route, less than 45 miles, and a pleasant journey in good weather, but this crossing was…
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