Ben Moor: More Trees To Climb - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

Ben Moor’s stories mix the magical with the everyday in a world just to the left of ours. In Coelacanth, the sport of competitive tree climbing is the background to a romantic comedy with dangerous edges. Along the way we meet imaginary flatmates, underground Compliment Clubs and deeply oblivious fish. Not Everything is Significant is…

Tim Bradford: London Country Diary - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

I wrote an introduction for Tim Bradford’s An Urban Country Diary For fifteen years, Tim Bradford has meandered round the quiet streets of his North London home, seeking out the ordinary and the extraordinary, the sublime and the ridiculous. A London Country Diary documents his wanderings – he attempts to rescue a deer in Clissold…

101 Things Birmingham Gave the World - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

This is the book that proves that Birmingham is not just the crucible of the Industrial Revolution, but the cradle of civilisation. It’s the definitive guide to the 101 things that made the world what it is today – and all of them were made in Birmingham. Read how Birmingham gave the world the wonders…

Dead Funny - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny is an audacious anthology, featuring tales of terror from some of the brightest lights in UK comedy. Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this unique exploration of the relationship between comedy and…

Dead Funny: Encore - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

What happens when mirth turns to murder? When the screams are not from joy, but flesh-ripping pain? Dead Funny: Encore is the second helping of monstrous tales from the brightest lights in UK comedy. Award winners Robin Ince and Johnny Mains team up for this second exploration of the relationship between comedy and horror, the…

The Art of Smallfilms – The Work of Oliver Postgate & Peter Firmin - October 2018 October 30th, 2018

Working from a barn in Kent, Postgate and Firmin produced some of the best-loved children’s television of the 1960s and 1970s, including Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor The Engine and Noggin The Nog. This book presents the Smallfilms archive – the puppets and cut-outs from these series, along with insights into how they were made. It’s…