I have never been a fan of comic books, nor have I developed a taste for graphic novels. I can admire the skill and inventiveness, but somehow I can’t drum up genuine enthusiasm.

 

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A lot of my time is spent walking through commercial buildings and peering down long aluminium shafts. For the most part my mind has some spare capacity whilst doing this, so it tends to wander, and one of the most common subjects my brain occupies itself with is “What the gosh-darn heck is this all [...]

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Jubilate Agno is a long poem by Christopher Smart. It was written between 1758 and 1763, during which time Smart was incarcerated in Mr Potter’s private madhouse in Bethnal Green. He had been admitted there after a stay in St Luke’s Hospital for the Insane, where he had been sent due to a religious mania [...]

 

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Panel Borders: The art of Mark Buckingham
Originally broadcast 20/12/07 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
In the last Panel Borders of the year, Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott are looking at the depiction of beloved children’s characters in comics, talking to Mark Buckingham about reinventing classic fairy tales in Fables and the challenge [...]

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At the end of 1967 I met my penfriend Doris, who I had been writing to for three years. We fell in love, and were engaged on November 1st. Eight days later, from a bus in her home town of Blackburn, Doris saw a silvery UFO.

 

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Panel Borders: The work of Simon Spurrier
Originally broadcast as part of Strip! on 13/12/07
An interview that Duncan Nott and Alex Fitch conducted at the Birmingham International Comics Show with British novelist and comics writer - Simon Spurrier - about his work from acclaimed strips in 2000AD and Judge Dredd megazine such as Lobster Random and [...]

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Does the coming of Olympics in 2012 spell disaster for cycle sport in London or will it bring much needed regeneration of a neglected part of the city? A ride with Patrick Field around the perimeter fence of the construction site in north east London and an interview with Michael Humphreys, chair of the [...]

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The Low Carbon Show catches up with Mukti Mitchell on his zero-carbon
journey around the coast of Britain in his self-built, micro-yacht. Mukti is
the creator of what is widely regarded as the best online calculator for
measuring your carbon footprint. He is stopping at 40 ports en route to give
talks about the benefits of low carbon living [...]

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“Fear not, nipper!” she cried, “I am Tiny Enid and I have alerted the Air Sea Rescue Station at St Bibblybibdib to your sorry plight by attaching a message to the leg of a cumulet. The bird is flying its little heart out even as we speak, and soon a lovely big lifeboat will scud [...]

 

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In conjunction with his new stand-up shows at The Venue, Leicester Place, London, James DC interviews comedian and campaigner Mark Thomas about his life, comedy and political campaigns. For more info go to www.markthomasinfo.com

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