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I think it must be being a film critic for I surely could not do a worst job than some! LOL. Malcolm Bradshaw, the film critic for ‘The Guardian’, I am told, says he thinks ‘Sinners’ would be a better film without the ‘supernatural element’. Yet this is the first film ever to understand the beauty of the mythology of the vampire in a way that matters. This blog tries to say why.

May 6, 2025

I think it must be being a film critic for I surely could not do a worst job than some! LOL. Or perhaps a comedian! Have you heard the one about the old man who in his youth survived a vampire attack that turned his friend into a vampire? One night in a bar, his … More I think it must be being a film critic for I surely could not do a worst job than some! LOL. Malcolm Bradshaw, the film critic for ‘The Guardian’, I am told, says he thinks ‘Sinners’ would be a better film without the ‘supernatural element’. Yet this is the first film ever to understand the beauty of the mythology of the vampire in a way that matters. This blog tries to say why.

You could never know what doing a job is like by doing it for one day. Reflecting on ‘The Last Cage Down’, an exhibition of the survival of miner’s memories with the help Of Andrew McMillan’s ‘Pity’.

May 16, 2024

What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? You could never know what doing a job is like by doing it for one day. Reflecting on ‘The Last Cage Down’, an exhibition of the survival of miner’s memories with the help Of Andrew McMillan’s Pity. This blog comes from many other prompts … More You could never know what doing a job is like by doing it for one day. Reflecting on ‘The Last Cage Down’, an exhibition of the survival of miner’s memories with the help Of Andrew McMillan’s ‘Pity’.