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STAR WARS

Rutvig Vaid – Bringing Star Wars To Life

Conventions are great places to meet new artists. This year at Edinburgh Comic Con 2016, I had the pleasure of meeting Londoner Rutvig Vaid. Rudvig

HOBBIT

AIST TO INAUGURATE NEW TOLKIEN CENTRE IN DOZZA

AIST «I wish I was at home in my nice hole by the fire, with the kettle just beginning to sing!». How many times, in

GOT

The Dragon: Fear and Power – Free Book Launch Event

To celebrate launch Dr Martin Arnold’s new cultural history of dragons, The Dragon: Fear and Power, a free launch event is being held at Scarborough Castle on

FANTASY

Only Lovers Left Alive – Review

Vampire movies tend to be either extremely luscious, bordering on kitsch (Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Interview with a Vampire) or extremely brutal (From Dusk Till Dawn,

SUPERNATURAL

Evolution of Vampires: The Earliest Fiction

And finally we reach the conclusion of my series on the evolution of vampires. If you missed them you can catch out part one here,

STAR TREK

Steampunk to reboot Science Fiction?

We’re under attack! No time to lose! So, leap heroically across the bridge (remember to stagger about as the camera pitches) to fire a photon

FANTASY

In the Spotlight: Interview with Pete Sutton

Let’s start from the beginning. Who were the writers who inspired you to become an author? If it’s who inspired me to seek publication it’s

FANTASY

A Child Alone with Strangers – Philip Fracassi

Henry’s father tells him he will never leave him—then he holds Henry tight and steps into oncoming traffic. Thus begins the young boy’s perilous journey

HOBBIT

Ask Dori: Who's The Biggest Joker?

Jay Johnstone met Mark Hadlow, who plays Dori in  Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”, at Hobbitcon. Between a chat and another, that question came out: who

DR WHO

Refusing to Regenerate – Why is Peter Capaldi Hanging on?

The end of the latest series of Doctor Who had the Twelfth Doctor refusing to change, stopping his own regeneration. The official synopsis to this