Archive for September, 2009
“The Great Escape”. 7th October 2009. Glasgow.
The Idler and New Escapologist have teamed up for “The Great Escape”: an evening of discussion, music and freewheeling anarchy. Tom Hodgkinson (How to be Free, The Idler) and Robert Wringham (The New Escapologist) discuss practical ways to escape the banalities of modern life. This will be followed by a light hearted war-time type sing-a-long, [...]
If only you had been a better ghost
“I’m going to fix myself a nice, hot cup of coffee,” I snicker childishly, “Would anyone else like one? Coffee is so tasty and warm and it’s such a pick me up on a chilly winter’s day.” This was the Mormons’ fourth missionary visit to our flat. I had made a point of testing their [...]
“Things were getting critical”
A glitzy showbiz tale from Leonard Nimoy’s incredible memoir, I am not Spock: Within a month of Star Trek going on the air I had telephone problems. There was one phone on the sound stage and between cast and crew there were about 50 people receiving and making calls. I was getting calls for press [...]
