The Making of a Myth: The story behind Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001’
In 1964, Stanley Kubrick wrote to science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. He explained he was a “a great admirer” of his books, and that he…
Author: Paul Gallagher Archives: 09/2012
Sylvia Plath: A page from her annotated copy of ‘The Great Gatsby’
Some people like to write notes in the pages of their favorite books. Graham Greene liked to annotate the columns of the novels he was…
Sonic Assassins cleared for Space Flight: Hawkwind ‘In Concert’, from 1972
Forty years ago this month, a strange and distant signal was picked up on radio receivers across the UK. Amongst the hiss, and static interference,…
‘The Punk Rock Movie’: The Clash, The Pistols, The Banshees and more in Don Letts’ classic film
Filmmaker and musician, Don Letts was working as a DJ at the Roxy club in London in 1977 when he filmed most of the punk…
Like characters from a Graham Greene novel: Mug shots from 1930’s England
They look like characters from a Graham Greene novel, these mug shots of petty criminals from Newcastle, England. Each face suggests its own tale of…