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Perhaps Our Non-Return To The Moon Isn’t Such A Surprise…
That we last visited the Moon in 1972 and have never since returned is usually regarded as both a disappointment and a surprise. Certainly, people at the time assumed that once Apollo had reached the Moon mankind was there to stay – just as once Columbus reached the Americas, many others followed. But something I…
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Stone Skin Press And Me
What’s Stone Skin Press? Well it’s a newly launched fiction imprint from well-regarded gaming publisher Pelgrane Press (Esoterrorists, Trail of Cthulhu, Dying Earth), with renowned writer Robin Laws ably1 serving as Creative Director. Why am I telling you this? For the self-centred and perhaps even egotistical reason that I’ve got a story in one of Stone…
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My Thoughts On The Cllr Compton / Alibhai-Brown Twitter Joke Controversy
A Tory councillor has been arrested over claims he suggested on Twitter that Yasmin Alibai-Brown, a female newspaper columnist, should be stoned to death. You’ve probably read this in the news. If not, you can read about it on the above link, or here, here, or here. But basically, a Conservative councillor, Gareth Compton, was…
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Boardgame Camp
Last Saturday I headed down to Richmond to go to Boardgame Camp, a boardgaming “unconference” organised by my friend and publisher James Wallis. I will talk about how it went and what I did, but I should probably first answer the question that’s probably occupying the minds of a good chunk of those reading this,…
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Should Lib Dem Supporters Be Ashamed?
It’s quite common now to read tweets, posts and status updates that are highly critical of the Liberal Democrats’ role in the UK’s coalition government, often stating that those who voted Lib Dem should now be regretting their choice and sometimes even suggesting that they should feel shame. But do such statements betray a misunderstanding…
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