At the time of writing this, it is exactly 22 hours before apparently a third of the entire human population sits down, shuts up, and simultaneously stares at the magic picture-generating rectangle in the corner of the room (or the ceiling if you're one of those people from flatscreen adverts who lie in bed without... Continue Reading →

It's true. It's all true (apparently) that everyone's favourite 24-hour nothing-fest Big Brother shall be returning to tellyboxes everywhere just a mere twelve months after its self-proclaimed 'last edition ever!'I think the main thing I should point out with this is that it's being resurrected on Channel Five: TV's dumping ground, the long-lost cousin of... Continue Reading →

There are times when this place goes deserted for weeks on end, and there are times when I essentially become a writing whore. I feel I'm currently in a period of the latter.This has pretty much been brought on by a couple of reasons: 1) because I've been reading other ranty-writery stuff (which I'll get... Continue Reading →

Ever have one of those moments where your brain breaks down and ends up kneeling in the middle of an abandoned car park at night in the pouring rain with both arms out screaming an impossibly long "NO!" as the crane shot slowly zooms out and pans upwards?That's exactly a moment what I had when... Continue Reading →

I can tell I'm getting on a bit when my first night involving alcohol after three weeks of "I'm-financially-fucked" sobriety consists of half a bottle of Rosé (11.5%). Somehow this managed to take me into that special realm where shouting is the communication method of choice and actions have no consequences. Cue next morning with... Continue Reading →

And so once again, I have been suckled unto the breast of Reality TV masquerading as documentertaintment. The culprit; Masterchef.It started in the 90s with a boring old man with a boring old voice, showcasing boring people cooking boring food, interspersed with boring chatter from other boring people. Unfortunately, it became apparent that viewers could... Continue Reading →

Once again, I've found myself pondering "why, exactly, do I wish to pursue a future in Writing, when I never allow myself to do so?" and come to the same conclusion as I have done for last insert-inexplicable-amount-of-times-here."I'll do it later..."Well "later" isn't good enough, me! You'll do it now!This came to me during a... Continue Reading →

This was pointed out to me earlier today, and now I done gone and stole it. I would like to point out that these are not my words (well, technically they're everyone's words, but not in this particular order). You may recognise them to some extent, in which case, feel free to sing along; it's... Continue Reading →

Well, about five hours ago I got in from a gig. Of course, as a drinker of the Creative and Contemporary Arts, what constitutes a "gig" is essentially any time I go to watch people belittle me with their far superior creative minds, ideas, attitudes and approaches to the world around me. Case in point,... Continue Reading →

OK I'm making a pledge to you now (which means I actually have to stick to it).I currently have two ideas for short stories and one idea for a "series of chronicles"... if that it can be called, which I will gladly get started on from next Friday. Why then? Because I have the last... Continue Reading →