On Easter Sundays and other Christian festivals the pointyhead detectives experimented with divan-arrangements somewhere between orderly and chaotic. They had never been able to settle upon an optimum disposition, for they were only too aware that some crimes were best solved with the divans lined up in a row, or in a stellar pattern, while [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Hooting Yard: A Dislike of Inappropriate Buttons
Published by October 31st, 2011 in Hooting Yard. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: Peckham Invalids and The Thrill Electric
Published by October 30th, 2011 in Panel Borders. 1 CommentPanel Borders: Peckham Invalids and The Thrill Electric Concluding this month’s series of shows about new British comics, Alex Fitch talks to the creators of a pair of new Edwardian set comics that mix classic comic book ideas with old and new storytelling techniques. Howard Hardiman discusses The Peckham House for Invalids, a new comic [...]
Panel Borders: Peckham Invalids and The Thrill Electric [ 36:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2)Electric Sheep Podcast: Wicker Man / Buried Land
Published by October 28th, 2011 in Electric Sheep Magazine podcast and I'm Ready for my Closeup. 0 CommentsElectric Sheep Podcast: Wicker Man / Buried Land In this special Halloween themed episode of the Electric Sheep Magazine podcast, Alex Fitch talks to three directors who have made films about man’s relationship with the land. At this year’s Frightfest, Robin Hardy discusses his classic horror film The Wicker Man and its new, belated thematic [...]
Tom Pollard from Mind, leading mental health charity and a member of the Disability Benefits Consortium, joined us to discuss the Welfare Reform Bill – which will reshape the benefits system in this country. The DBC is a coalition of disability organisations pushing for a better path to the future of benefits. The audio at [...]
Wavelength – Ian Breakwell and Kevin Coyne
Published by October 28th, 2011 in Shows and Wavelength. 0 CommentsFriday 12th February sees the opening of an exhibition “The Elusive State of Happiness” a retrospective of the works of Ian Breakwell (1943-2005) at the Quad Gallery, Derby. A fellow student of Breakwell’s at Derby College of Art was Kevin Coyne (1944-2004) (as was artist Andrew Greaves). In 1977-79 Breakwell and Coyne made a film [...]
A panel discussion with Gasworks Director Alessio Antoniolli , Camden Arts Centre Exhibitions Programmer Anne-Marie Watson, Director of The Museum of Everything Jeremy Brett and Alex Deyzac, Gallery Assistant at Mica Gallery. Chaired by Fari Bradley the discussion points range from the physical space [...]
A fantastically sunny day at the Truman Bewery. Interviews with YBA Gavin Turk, fashion designer and musician Pam Hogg, the Disabled Avant Garde and their petting puppy, renegade art gallery and art publishers Trolley Books, the enigmatic Mark Wydler from The Treatment Rooms, Paul Biddle artist, 8 foot tall Satan, the wry and ingenious Emotional [...]
Book list: Romance, thrillers and real life crime
Published by October 26th, 2011 in Book list and Clear Spot. 0 CommentsBook list: Romance, thrillers and real life crime A new, hour-long, monthly show about authors, publishers and readers; in this first episode of Book List, Alex Fitch talks to Fiona Harper, author of Mills and Boon titles: Swept Off Her Stilettos, Three Weddings and a Baby, and Blind Dates and Other Disasters and to thriller [...]
As dawn breaks, up the slope of the hill toils the village wolfman, with his bucket of slaughtered squirrels and hamsters and mice, food for the wolf. He empties the bucket at the foot of the old rugged cross and while the wolf gobbles down its breakfast, he strides in his wolfman’s boots to the [...]
Polish Deli 23 10 2011 Festiwal Mysli Muzycznej special
Published by October 25th, 2011 in Polish Deli and Shows. 0 CommentsSpecial edition of Polish Deli dedicated to Festiwal Mysli Muzycznej (Festival of Musical Thought), which is taking place on the 28th and 29th of October 2011 in Jelenia Gora. ‘Polish Deli’ and Resonance are media partners of the festival, which makes us very happy. This is the first edition of this promising festival. We [...]