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Summer Comedy

It’s a joy to spend time listening to very funny men in a relaxed and likely boring situation.

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Pilot Season Podcast

Pilot Season Episode 3: Cloak and Dagger

This episode is all about Cloak and Dagger, the latest televisual foray into the Marvel Superhero (and Cinematic) Universe. The show is about a pair of teenagers who develop related superpowers due to a traumatic shared incident in their past. The first season is appearing weekly every Friday on Amazon Prime Video.

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Hereditary Thoughts (no spoilers)

I was very excited to see the film but left feeling a little underwhelmed. There was certainly plenty of tension and interesting visual choices for a horror film but it didn’t really add up to much by the end.

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Seeing Eyes

We’re scared of looking into eyes because it reminds us that everyone we see in the world has an internal life we know nothing about. It’s harder to judge their physical appearance or place them into easily consumable categories if we realise they have known grief and pleasure, they feel the weight of their world every day and have done poos. Loads of poos.

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Pilot Season Episode 2: The Leftovers

This episode is all about The Leftovers, HBO’s now-concluded series about 2% of the world’s population suddenly disappearing and how the world deals with that event.

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Pilot Season Episode 1: Friends

This episode is all about Friends, the world conquering sitcom from NBC that first aired in 1994 and that James and Rachel know very well.

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Horror

I’m very drawn to horror just now. My favourite entertainment is often opposite to what I have a desire to create myself or I’m feeling at the time. I’m probably feeling a bit unstructured and at a loose end and not at all murdery.

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The Disco Bug

Yesterday I collaborated on a story with a seven year old.

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Waiting Room Chat

That old familiar face throb and just too much sniffing to be normal in a quiet waiting room.

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Mind Screens

I’m much happier to ‘binge-watch’ one book than I am TV shows