Christopher Fowler's Blog, page 504

Book Winners

Okay, Colin from St Albans or Mr J West from Dublin, you both placed reviews of 'Bryant & May Off The Rails' – Mr Lancaster kindly donated his for the fun of it – but if either of you would like to claim your signed first edition, I'll need you to post your addresses here…no [...:]

Goodbye To The Blockbuster

Jaws, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Batman, Spider-Man, Transformers, Mission Impossible. For the past three decades the Hollywood blockbusters have rolled up at the height of summer, the tentpole releases that drive families from hot streets into cold cinemas.

But now there are strong indictions that the time of the Hollywood blockbuster is over. The action-packed CG-laden [...:]

Re:View – Andrew Marr's History Of Modern Britain

The problem of looking at history you can recall (or have heard about from your folks) is that you probably don't feel you want to see it rehashed as a TV series or a book. Your memories, you think, are enough to remind you of the grimness/ mistakes of the past. But Andrew Marr adds [...:]

English Crap At Sports: Official

Three blokes trying to kick a ball

It's eerily quiet on the streets tonight – no cheering, no vuvuzelas, just a strange empty silence. That'll be the sound of England being crap at sports again, then. It's not even a remorseful silence, because nobody really cares. We're never surprised when we slam out of the [...:]

The Birth Of The Critic-Proof Movie?

A quick straw poll of friends yesterday made me realise that none of us has paid to see a film this year so far. Okay, we're all connected to the industry and consequently don't have to pay, but there's a difference between being invited to a screening and actively finding a movie and forking out [...:]

Sick In The City

You're allowed 35 bad air days in London under EU rules but we just hit 36, making us the most polluted city in Europe – this is a severe embarrassment for the Mayor, who has failed to make any headway with the problem. A recent report by the House of Commons environmental audit committee included [...:]

Advertising Finally Provides One Good Laugh

My granddad used to wear Old Spice and still smelled of engine oil and rolling tobacco.

World Cup Finally Provides One Good Laugh

Flaming Heck!

First person to review Bryant & May Off The Rails on Amazon UK wins – oh, let's see now, what would you like, a signed first edition, plus the signed paperback of Bryant & May On The Loose – how about that?

It's Today!

I'm a father again! My lovely publishers have left a magnum of champagne on my front step (it would only be nicked around here if it was a beer keg with a St Andrews flag on it) and I'm signing books tonight at my favourite store in the world, Forbidden Planet, Shaftesbury Avenue @ 6pm, [...:]