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In Praise of Trivets
I was round my parents house the other day, and we needed to put a hot pan on the table for dinner. It went onto a tablemat, so the wooden table wouldn’t get burned. I said to Dad “I wonder what the generic word is for that thing you put hot things on so they […]
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Buy My Stuff
Here’s some of my stuff. Why not buy it? It’s really quite good. Cthulhu Lives! The first short story in this anthology of Lovecraftian tales with a modern sensibility. Outside In A slightly odd review of The Crusade in a book of slightly odd reviews about Doctor Who. Spaceships of Science Fiction A bookazine. Actors’ […]
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Outside In
I wrote the 14th essay/review/thing in this wonderful book of essays/reviews/things about the original series of Doctor Who. Get it from Amazon.com Reviews “It’s thoughtful, insightful, and entertaining – and that’s perhaps the best recommendation a book can get.” Starburst “…a revolutionary style of literature about a revolutionary television programme; a fantastic concept that will […]
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About Piers
Hullo, and welcome to Piers Beckley’s website. Piers is a full member of The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, was shortlisted for the BBC Drama Writers Academy 2007, and was a delegate on the TAPS Continuing Drama course (the equivalent scheme for ITV) in 2008. You can watch his short film, Fatal, online as a […]
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The Other Possessory Credit
You’ve seen them already, but you may not know what they’re called. When a movie has the credit as “A Film By” followed by a name (and it’s almost always the director’s name), that credit is known as a possessory credit. The director is saying that the film is theirs.You can find a quick history of […]
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The McGrath Point
Contains spoilers for the first few episodes of Lost and Firefly. Denis McGrath is off to Los Angeles. Possibly for good. And his blog, in its current format at least, is going into the long archive. So as we bid him farewell or au revoir, I want to share something that he brought to my […]
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It’s people like you that spoil it for everyone else.
So I go away for a week to visit my girlfriend’s family and run with the bulls – I’m fine, thank you for asking – and manage to avoid most of the Torchwood spoilers. Some of which will likely appear in this post. You have been warned. So I come back, gulp down the lot, […]
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Dark Tales
M’brother Rafe has just directed a play at the Lion & Unicorn theatre for me old muckers Giant Olive. Dark Tales tells the uncensored stories of Hans Christian Andersen. As you might expect from the title, it’s not for children. Reviews:The StageBritish Theatre Guideremotegoat You can buy tickets via ticketweb here. You know what? It’s […]
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I can haz lite?
Oh, deep joy. The Bible. In Lolcat. Blatantly linkwhored from Stevyn Colgan.
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Look At Him
Jason Arnopp recently had a showing of his new short film Look At Me. (trailer) Great fun was had by all. A precursor, no doubt, of greater things to come. His next task? A feature with a working title of ASK. Director Dan Turner offers a prize to those hardy souls who can guess what it […]