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The ‘ends’ of Doctor Who?

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Mark Hayes

Just to be clear I borrow most of this. it does however exactly express my own view… 23/11/1963 – Doctor Who begins. Doctor Who dies. 21/12/1963 – Silly robot monsters introduced into informative historical series. Doctor Who dies. 26/12/1964 – … Continue reading →

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The Rare Unsigned Copy: and other mistakes

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Mark Hayes

“You don’t really want one of the signed copies, what you really want is one of those rare unsigned copies.” Laughter echoed around the bar at the Blackpool landlords amusing quip… Possibly because this was one of the funniest things anyone … Continue reading →

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The Statement of Randolph Carter: The Complete Lovecraft #14

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Mark Hayes

This is one of those tales you come across in Lovecraft’s mythos that leaves you with no more than a half-hearted um… It’s just simple and straightforward without any real depth to it. A run of the mill tale that … Continue reading →

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#passingplace

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Mark Hayes

the gunslingers tale … The forest in the cellar… The girl in the nighttime

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When we were seventeen by Waiting for Wednesday Album review

Posted on December 18, 2015 by Mark Hayes

Having subjected everyone to my ‘music journalism‘ in my last post. I had no real intention of ever doing so again as I don’t claim to know much about music beyond what I like. I will admit what I like … Continue reading →

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The Funeral, waiting 1.5 book review

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Mark Hayes

The FuneralThe Waiting series 1.5 I compared the first book of this series to a soap opera of a book. Which I consider a fair comparison, the style and pacing of the first book bares this out. As a follow up … Continue reading →

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