When cannibalism will be the height of fashion

23Jan12

If you write sf/fantasy/speculative fiction, or have ever attempted it, you’ll know that people are always offering you ideas for stories. Most of the time these suggestions (“There’s this whole galaxy in space, right, run by the Catholic church, and its entire economy is geared into the production of rosaries and statues and crucifixes… “) […]

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Who invented the blanket?

20Jan12

This here tomb is in St Stephen’s Church, Bristol, just off the city centre, a fabulously enigmatic place for all sorts of reasons, many of them to do with the Society of Merchant Venturers. The tomb is nowt to do with the Venturers, though. It is generally thought to be the last resting place of […]

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