Yatterings

The Hammer Dracula has been shown uncut at the Cannes film festival for the first time. Various scenes thought to be a touch gruesome were shaved but have now been restored.
Whether we notice it more or not, it sometimes beggars belief that the fantatic genres, especially horror, attract greater attention for the cutting room floor. Whilst [...]

The Guardian blog has this interview with Alan Garner. If you have not read him, why not? His challenge to Tolkien fantasy and updating of the Matter of Britain in such seminal works as the Owl Service deserve to be read.
His novels are not easy reads but they are rewarding in their remaking of the [...]