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Yes, the rumours are true. Tell your friends, dance in the street, Flaneur is back!
The latest edition of the world’s favourite* cultural zine is now available for only £2 including UK p&p from www.flaneur.me.uk.
Go on, you know you want to. And if you don’t, we want you to.
Please tell your friends, enemies and pets.
That is all.
*this claim probably wouldn’t stand up in a court of law.
A thousand years ago
a password meant you mattered, belonged, were trusted.
You kept it locked in your mind and its importance made it impossible to forget.
Today, we have hundreds. Boring, stupid passwords for
boring, stupid tasks. And we forget them all and panic.
Where did I write that down?
And what’s my username?
That was never a worry in 1066.
Another Jane Austen two-hour adaption to finish the the weekend, and another rollicking blast from the start. Austen’s text is ‘helped’ to become more 21st century by Andrew Davies (Mr Darcy, etc etc) although whether this is necessary is not certain – Austen’s themes are universal and remain the same today as when she was writing.
Lightened and simplified as television generally must, the plot romps along, though always clearly marking where it is heading. Felicity Jones (previously heard on the Archers!) is if anything too pretty to play Catherine, and shows the simple sensibility of her character very well. JJ Feild makes a great Henry Tilney, not allowing himself to smoulder, but attracting Catherine with his intellect.
Another great Austen diversion from ITV – catch it if you can on repeats.
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Jane Austen T shirts!
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UK fiction publishing has just jumped into the next millennium! We are publishing a new novel by James Morrison by text message and on this blog!
Terror 2000
A thriller full of excitement and verve, comedy and tension. Enjoy!
‘Charles Dickens first published his works as serializations in magazines, so this is exactly how he would have worked had he been around today!’
Although he had substantially more than the 160 characters of a text message to play with for each episode!
If you want to get the episodes of this novel direct to your mobile then text READ to 89892. Each episode will cost 25p. You can unsubscribe by texting STOP READ to 89892
If you don’t use a mobile, or you are not in the UK or Europe, then we will be publishing the episodes here!
UK fiction publishing has just jumped into the next millennium! We are publishing a new novel by James Morrison by text message and on this blog!
Terror 2000
A thriller full of excitement and verve, comedy and tension. Enjoy!
‘Charles Dickens first published his works as serializations in magazines, so this is exactly how he would have worked had he been around today!’
Although he had substantially more than the 160 characters of a text message to play with for each episode!
If you want to get the episodes of this novel direct to your mobile then text READ to 89892. Each episode will cost 25p. You can unsubscribe by texting STOP READ to 89892
If you don’t use a mobile, or you are not in the UK or Europe, then we will be publishing the episodes here!
to be precise, the memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. No matter how many times you read them these short stories are so evocative. You can return to them after years, thinking you know Sherlock from the TV shows that are continually on, but the prose hits you everytime. It is pared back and unflowery, with a sense of import in every word.
Sir Arthur might have come to loathe his creation, but Sherlock Holmes is a great vessel for his ingenuity and invention.
The novels sometimes err too far into witchcraft and unknown poisons and generall jiggery-pokery, but these short stories are a fantastic read and well worth getting to know.