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An unsettling fable
Winter’s a poem, like all the seasons. It speaks itself into us in a language of sensation and anticipated nostalgia. Returning so reliably as it does each year, it reminds us that its repetitions are limited, and that we’ll only see so many of them. It’s a rhythm that provokes many different responses, and despite… Read more
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Empire and anarchy
Alan Moore – plot; Leah Moore, John Reppion – script; Shane Oakley – pencils; George Freeman – inks; Wildstorm FX – colours; Dave Gibbons – covers; Todd Klein – letters; Richard Friend, Sandra Hope, Peter Guzman – additional inks; Tony Aviña – additional colours; Adrian Tchaikovsky – introduction. American superhero comics are, like the discipline… Read more
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Experienced songscapes
Natalia Lafourcade started her career as a pop singer in a Mexican girl group, but somewhere on her way to a solo career she turned left into folk music, which is where I found her, and became one of the most accomplished musical auteurs of her generation. Her latest, Cancionera, pays homage to the golden… Read more
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Pragmatism in paint
I live in a part of the country associated with painters. I’m sure that most parts of England are associated with painters, but I’m lucky to have a couple of famous ones closely linked to the area I live in, John Constable and William Gainsborough. Gainsborough was a successful portraitist, but both are well-known for… Read more
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Everything that Worldcon taught me about indie authors that I didn’t know I needed to ask
Well, so that was a Worldcon. Oof. I mean, it was wonderful. It was intense. It was people. It was information. It was magic. It was science. It was huge. It was joyful. It was exhausting. I haven’t quite put it into order in my head yet. Worldcon, if you don’t know, is the World… Read more
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My top 10 imaginary worlds, part 2
Click here to read Part 1 Welcome to the second part of this article about my top 10 imaginary worlds. Imaginary worlds are very real to their enthusiasts. While I would never wish to question the reality of millions of French, Spanish, Italian or American people, or the inhabitants of any other country I’ve visited,… Read more
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