Monthly Archives: December 2015

This month, I had the honour of being published in BFS Horizons– and my thrill was doubled by the atmosphere of festive cheer into which my copy arrived in the letterbox. Once I ripped off the packaging, and smelt that new-book smell, it immediately felt right: I was holding in my hands my very firstContinue reading “The Ghost Story: A True Christmas Tradition”

Love or hate it, when Star Wars crashed onto cinema screens in the 70s, it heralded a new type of blockbuster film making. It took storytelling elements from sci-fi serials, fairy tales and westerns but ultimately created something that played by its own rules, becoming a franchise that had the confidence to pull off theContinue reading “Why The Force Awakens Might Disappoint: Star Wars and the Modern Blockbuster”