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    • Susanna Clarke, author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
    • Jane Goldman on adapting Stardust
    • Judith Adams on Adapting Mrs. Mabb for Radio 4

My Interviews

A series of interviews with writers I conducted for a former website that I ran called The Friends of English Magic (or FoEM for short).

  • Susanna Clarke, author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
  • Judith Adams on adapting Susanna Clarke’s Mrs. Mabb for BBC Radio
  • Jane Goldman on adapting Neil Gaiman’s Stardust

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Another downside to the #Apple #MagSafeDuo - lovel Another downside to the #Apple #MagSafeDuo - lovely marks left behind on the official Apple silicone case from the MagSafe Duo charging coil. No idea whether that’ll go or remain, but something tells me it’s going to be permanent.
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In the 6 years at MPC, I worked on quite a few fil In the 6 years at MPC, I worked on quite a few films. As I nuked Twitter because it was just becoming a joke with disinformation and stupid people being stupid I, I jumped on the Spotify wagon. Here’s my first playlist with a selection of themes and tunes from the 42-odd films I’ve worked on the 6 years. Open Spotify on your mobile device, click search, then click the search bar, there you’ll find the camera icon - scan the code above and the playlist will pop up. Or see my profile for a direct link.
A little light reading/listening for the Christmas A little light reading/listening for the Christmas holidays. Not usually into political biographies/memoirs, but having watched a good number of YouTube videos (via their own algorithms) showing the Obamas acting presidential unlike the current reality-challenged feckwit-in-chief, I thought I’d check out their books.

My Interviews

  • Susanna Clarke, author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
  • Jane Goldman on adapting Stardust
  • Judith Adams on Adapting Mrs. Mabb for Radio 4

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