• Posts Tagged ‘mythology’

    A Visit To Tolkien’s Grave

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    My father has two favourite stories about me growing up, both from around my sixth or seventh year. And by favourite I mean two thirds of all the stories he tells about me as a child. (The other being the time I harassed an unfamiliar woman in the supermarket for buying cigarettes.) The first...

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    Report: Wayland’s Smithy

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    It's a few weeks past the solstice but if you stand on the barrow and look back you can very easily see the effect they're going for

    Here’s a little tip if you’ve a mind to go on an English megalithica excursion: do it in early January. Everyone complains about the weather but which annoys you more: the fact you have to wear wellington boots or the arrival of packed tour buses? Exactly. We had the place entirely to ourselves for...

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    Review: Thor. It’s Just A Movie, Okay?

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    If you don't put your tools away the government will build vast flimsy tents around them

    A really fun, enjoyable movie. You should see it. When I was at film school we studied the first ever serialisation of the Ramayana on Indian television in the 1980s. At the time the country was a long way from becoming the next global economic powerhouse like it is today. It was still extremely undeveloped....

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    Review: Why I Am Not Watching Any More Camelot

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    Oh my darling Morgan, I just don't think my heart can take it again

    The magical community -and newly minted witches in particular- can be a dreary bunch when it comes to fantasy films or television. “That’s not how magic happens! That spell wouldn’t work! There’s no such thing as thaaaaaat!” As previously mentioned, my father is a doctor. I remember when ER first appeared on Australian screens...

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    Do You Choose The Right Heroes?

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    You would think my last post was ‘the Halloween post’ but no. This is it. Because it has vampires and demons and death. Also because the main picture is a veritable sugar explosion. It started as I was absorbing something Deb wrote that has ultra relevance to where I am at right now. You...

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    Review: A Short History Of Myth

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    I bought this delightful little book from a discounted bookstore on my local high road. The bookstore itself is amazing -one of the benefits of witnessing the complete collapse of the publishing industry is that there are bargains to be had for ghouls like us. All you need to do is find a remainder...

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