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Aug 29, 2020Aug 28, 2020Michael Carty

Forbidden Planets,Tin Pans and London’s eternal trick

Forbidden Planet turns 42 today (Saturday 29 August 2020 = #FP42)! This post celebrates both FP’s status as London’s foremost comic shop and London’s ever-changing brilliance.*

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Mar 18, 2017Michael Carty

Like nobody is reading

If a tree falls in a forest and no-one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?* Is the true Zen wisdom of blogging to be found not in whether it speaks to an audience, but in the purity of writing itself? Moby has been there and done that. In a fascinating chinwag […]

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Oct 15, 2016Michael Carty

Writing well: What’s a good word?

Writing is a joy. Writing well takes application. Writing better is an eternal aspiration. I want to share here three great voices on how to approach writing and the endless choices offered by words. Writing should never be seen as a chore, but as a timeless delight. Written or spoken, the word is perhaps the […]

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Apr 4, 2015Michael Carty

Shadows bring everything to light

Gentle reader: When you look back upon your life (with or without a sense of shame), are there any memories so filmically perfect you can’t believe they actually happened to you? (Let’s just concentrate on the good things that have happened to you here… there’s plenty of room elsewhere  to focus on life’s less enjoyable […]

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