I titled the last post “short takes” and then forgot to take on anythign but my top pick, whoops. But as the voting deadline fast approaches and I scramble through the packet, that seems fair …
Hugo reading: Novel short takes
A hair over a month to go and I’ve only finished the novel category! But at least it’s a strong one this year, though my favourite by far is Some Desperate Glory. The novel is …
The Castle
One of the neat venues in Newcastle is the Castle. The eponymous New one, that is. If you’ve never been, it is right in the city centre, visible from the train station platform. Small and …
Worldcon approacheth
Two months till the Glasgow Worldcon, and in addition to everything else I am also now running the fan lounge! It doesn’t take very much running to be fair, and there’s a bunch of folks …
Late Shows – Central & Gateshead
The second night of the Late Shows we started on the other side of the river with the Open Submission 2024 at the Baltic, then crossed back and climbed up to the Castle for mead …
Late Shows Ouseburn
One of the cool things about this city is the extensive creative scene, too much to keep track of really. Once a year the Late Shows serves as a sort of art crawl/city exploration where …
Conventions
Despite the dearth of posts here, its been a reasonably busy few months for me. Starting with a trip to LA in February for Gallifrey One, which was as amazing as ever, followed by a …
Cabaret
Our main reason for going to London last weekend was to see Cabaret, currently starring Jake Shears and Rebecca Lucy Taylor. I’ve seen the movie version several times and love it, but obviously that had …
London
We had a couple of days in London to go see Cabaret and visit with friends and along the way managed to squeeze in some culture. First off we went to the Barbican, which I …
The Holidays So Far
The holiday season kicked off for us with a trip down to London for Thanksgiving with friends, bookended by excursions in the city. Being up north now, we don’t find ourselves going throuhg the capital …