Christopher Fowler's Blog, page 497

Did The UK Benefit From A Film Council?

It takes a comedian, Stewart Lee, to point up one flaw in the Cameron idea of businesses replacing state partnerships (not avery original idea, either, Dave). As he puts it, 'Businesses' bankrolling comes with caveats. It's easier to lure company money to fund a monkey sanctuary than to secure it for a study of intestinal [...:]

'It's A Nice Drink, Gin, Isn't It?'

God bless Ange, the epitome of bland awfulness in 'Abigail's Party' (the way she speaks the 'gin' line is a masterclass in estuarine English) who comes into her own when required to administer the kiss of life to the dying Laurence on the living room floor…everyone remembers her but what's her name? The Guardian has [...:]

Get Lost

While I'm away you can get lost – in Trafalgar Square, to be precise, where a maze has been constructed and filled with bits of arcane lore about London. Probably a good place to mug someone.

Writers Who Look Like Their Books

In these days of celebrity tell-all, it seems that writers are expected to resemble their creations. This has always escaped me, for the simple reason that I don't. When I write dark fiction, people come up to me and say 'You don't look anything like I imagined. I thought you'd be really sinister.' While writing [...:]

Letting Go

So here's the problem. I'm in Mykonos (which now consists of clubbers, Chinese tourists, upmarket Brits, cats and a handful of black-dressed old Greek ladies watching in bewildered acceptance of their island's changes) and I just can't let go.

I have my Macbook Air in my bag, and while everyone else boards boats for the [...:]

'Celebrity' 1: The First Day

It started when I spoke with an old friend who worked for a film PR agency. She looks after major Hollywood stars when they come to London, and sometimes her job, which seems glamorous, turns into a living nightmare. I made notes, changed names, and wrote her indiscreet tattle out as a short story. Some [...:]

Until The New Routemaster Gets Here

While we're waiting for the only plank of Boris Johnson's election platform to appear in the form of five new Routemaster buses, let's take a look at the old one, featuring a ridiculously youthful (as opposed to 'ageless') Cliff Richard. Why? 'Cause tonight I'm going on my summer holiday.

It's Friday, Let's Have Songs!

Here's an early Disney entry from Pogo, followed by their recent one…

Ricardo Autobahn & Spray have been knocking about online for a while but it's good samplin'…

What The Writer Did Next

I was always amused when, interviewing media studies graduates, I had this conversation (regularly)

ME: What exactly do you want to do?
THEM: I'd like to be in films.
ME: Yes, but doing what?
THEM: Oh, I don't really mind.

Which is a bit like saying you don't mind whether you're a charity worker or a lap dancer. You'd think [...:]

A Way Around The iPad Problem

Just a reminder that although the very lovely iPad doesn't currently support Flash, you can still view this site just by typing;
www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog
Because the Flash part is just in the site entrance.