Rihanna vs Bin Laden – a flash of fiction by Neil Sweetman.

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I was at a dinner party last week round Edward and Fina’s new gaff, just the standard feed and after feed drinks, nothing too hectic. The marinated chicken was super succulent and those mashed potatoes were cooked, and mashed, to … Continue reading

And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks: Part Two of Shepherd’s Beatnik Revival.

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When I recently recommended And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks to a good friend, I said something along the lines of: “I was really shocked that I didn’t know any of this before!” It’s semi-autobiographical, and though the manuscript for … Continue reading

Big Screen Adaptation of On The Road: Part One of Shepherd’s Beatnik Revival.

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Walter Salle’s portrayal of Beat classic On The Road has been causing a stir since it’s Cannes Festival debut in May. It was always going to be difficult, dealing with such an iconic novel. But I’m finding the hostility that … Continue reading

The Amazing Spider-Man 2012 is quite refreshingly… amazing.

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If there’s one thing that Hollywood is relatively good at doing, it’s taking extremely famous comic book superheroes and putting them into a film, which is exactly what Sam Raimi did in 2002 with Spider-man. The two-hour flick was relatively … Continue reading

The not so new as last time… IP caption COMPETITION – win a prize?

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Welcome to the second monthly IP caption competition, before I set the ground rules, I’ll just point out that sadly an element to the competition is still, at present, missing. Notably, a prize. Once again it’s just for the sheer honour of … Continue reading

Risk Of Infection… because sometimes closure comes in bloody strange ways!

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(Cover by Becky Shepherd) This week I launched my new novella. It’s doing okay, one foot in the best-seller’s list on Amazon, reaching the heady heights of no. 8 in the satire section… and then, rather too quickly, back out again. Here’s … Continue reading

The all new IP caption COMPETITION, win a prize?

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Welcome to the all new and monthly IP caption competition, before I set the ground rules I’ll just point out that sadly an element to the competition is, at present, missing. Notably, a prize. For this month, it’s just for the sheer … Continue reading

Marxism is fashionable, maybe someone should let Vogue know?!

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A week or so ago, there was a really long winded article in the Guardian about the resurgence of Marxism in popular culture. I only got half way through – it was hard going, a bit unclear and, well… boring. But … Continue reading

The Flab Jab, does it punch its weight? the thoughts of Katie Parker.

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I have personally tried all sorts of fad diets and exhausted all weight loss remedies to frankly disappointing results, which is why I was ecstatic reading the latest news about the so-called “flab jab”. Because obesity is such a big … Continue reading