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In a recent Rolling Stone interview, Michael J. Fox was quoted saying, ‘I was a homunculus.’ It’s true, he is small, but then again, I have always had a thing for short men (the other biggie being Prince). Fox measures in ...

The Society of Young Publishers 2013 conference is coming up in November. I spoke to Jonathan Davis, one of the organisers of this year’s event and got the low-down. What is the Society of Young Publishers? The SYP are the ...

I have been a long time Felicia Day fan. Since watching her in Buffy the Vampire Slayer as potential slayer, Vi, in season 7, I’ve followed her career eagerly. If you saw Day walking down the street, you would probably ...

On September 30th, Penny Arcade ran a comic, ‘Sanderfuge’. It poked fun at the obsessive Brandon Sanderson fans who go on and on about the magic systems and worlds he creates in his fiction. I think it would be easy ...

The formula for Eastenders’ greatness is simple. In some scenes, there is crying. In others, shouting. On rare occasions – Christmas Day episodes, for example – there’s both. The heightened melodrama oscillates between peaks of fury and sorrow. There are ...

It has always been easy to travel as an English speaker. Over the years, I’ve met many Europeans around my age and I feel terribly ignorant and lazy. Most of them speak numerous languages – fluently. I speak English, and ...

The distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent. Albert Einstein When I was young, I had a lot of trouble sleeping. My parents tried everything – from soothing music to almost meditation techniques, I was ...

In the early hours of 18th September 2013, a 23-year-old was assaulted and stabbed on his way home from the local Asda supermarket. He was robbed of several items, but the reason the story ran on the national news, was ...

‘Teenage angst has paid off well/Now I’m bored and old’ So arrived Kurt Cobain’s disinterested sneer on what was to become Nirvana’s final studio statement. In the wake of the band’s monster-selling second album Nevermind – and breakout single ‘Smells ...

Who is Glass Boy? What is Glass Boy? Why is Glass Boy? The Boy of Glass himself is elliptical. Release titles have included This Isn’t Me and There Is No Artist. A few details are available though: Justin Charles Lambert ...