The Defenders
Sunday, July 11th, 2010 Posted in Literature | 2 Comments »I managed to read a short story over breakfast, using the Stanza app on my iPhone. I don't manage to do anything quite so significant during breakfast any day of the week, but on Sunday... well, it impressed even me. I ...
World Cup Paranoia
Thursday, June 24th, 2010 Posted in Not PARANOIA, Pictures | No Comments »I have been trying to track down loopholes in my site of late, because over the years the content has changed and sometimes links from the past lead to a dead end. WordPress has some handy tools for helping with ...
The Prisoner
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010 Posted in TV and Movies | No Comments »The Prisoner never was an easy thing to understand. I guess, in principle, this recent re-imagining aimed to make the concept more accessible and easier to digest. The series presented a conclusion with some measure of coherence; but, then again, ...
PARANOIA Fear of Fashion
Friday, April 2nd, 2010 Posted in Pictures, Setting | 1 Comment »I recently purchased a book called Fear and Fashion in the Cold War for my wife. While I wouldn't normally consider a gift for my wife as an opportunity to get something of interest to me as well, this actually ...
Medieval Mandelbrot PARANOIA
Saturday, March 20th, 2010 Posted in Inspiration, Setting | No Comments »The Schismatic Papacy at Avignon sat like a Mandelbrot swirl of fractal suspicion and intrigue. As you stare into the complexities of the situation, you see recurring patterns spiralling into infinity. Yeah, admittedly I might be looking for it, but ...
Let’s Be Deserving Sputniks
Friday, February 19th, 2010 Posted in Art, Real World | No Comments »Yesterday, while in Nottingham, I visited the Nottingham Contemporary gallery to view the current 'Star City' exhibition that celebrates 'The Future Under Communism'. Good it was, too. And free. Running until 18 April 2010, the galleries features the work of artists ...
A matr uv urjensE
Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Posted in Literature | No Comments »The mail-tube went ping! and he opened his eyes, swearing. For a moment he was tempted to let the pneumo-roll lie where it fell, but habit was too strong. He grumbled his way over to the basket and took ...
Amnesia
Monday, June 1st, 2009 Posted in Inspiration | No Comments »I'm definitely certain there was something that happened today that made me think of PARANOIA. Now, however, so many hours after whatever it was, I have forgotten. Not a clue. I can't believe that it has simply slipped away. Oddly, time ...
Hidden Manchester
Sunday, January 4th, 2009 Posted in Pictures, Underplex | No Comments »The Urbis in Manchester currently has an exhibition of Andrew Brooks photography entitled Reality Hack: Hidden Manchester. The free exhibit includes fifteen stunning images taken in, around and under Manchester, many in the company of Urban Explorers. Having penned The ...
Torrevaldaliga Nord
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Locations, Pictures, Real World | No Comments »Glancing through a copy of 'The Guardian', I've had since October 9th (I rarely read newspapers the day I buy them... I prefer to relax and absorb the content when it's convenient to me), I opened the centre spread to ...
