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‘Aubrey! … who is this man …. and what’s he done to our wall?’

September 22, 2011 by Diane Becker

This is me, or rather this is Dot Seven, a new character in Ian Hewett’s free online web comic Destinauts. She’s named after my alter ego (@dotseven) on Twitter and it was a prize for spotting something on his website (I think, I can’t remember now, it was a while ago. Forgive me Ian). I love it. When I saw it for the first time, he warned, ‘she’s not what she appears to be …’. I’m really looking forward to seeing what […]

Categories: Art, Culture • Tags: Destinauts, Dot Seven in Destinauts, Dystopian Fuschia, Ian Hewett, Web Comic

Jonathan Pinnock, Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens …

September 10, 2011 by Diane Becker

Jonathan Pinnock stops by to talk about his debut novel ‘Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens’, published by Proxima Books on 1st September. [DB] Jonathan, congratulations. This is a very classy cover and splendid title. Is this genre-bending stuff? [JP] Thank you! That cover’s terrific, isn’t it? Genre-bending? Up to a point, yes. In some ways, though, all I’m doing is taking a standard science fiction premise and relocating it in a different era to avoid having to deal with transient present day stuff […]

Categories: Culture, Fiction, Interviews • Tags: Interview with Jonathan Pinnock, Mrs Darcy vs the Aliens, New Fiction, Proxima Books, salt publishing, September 2011, Wickhampedia

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Out and about … in Preston

May 25, 2011 by Diane Becker

First stop yesterday: a CT scan. That was weird. As was the security van parked up on Orchard Street emitting a repeated “Help. Help. This security van is under attack. Call the police. Help…” The driver was reading his newspaper, so we assumed it wasn’t and went for coffee. Third stop was the Harris Museum to see Current: an experiment in collecting digital art. We watched and particularly enjoyed Michael Szpakowski’s – ‘House & Garden’ [2009 Animated GIFs with original soundtrack], twice, […]

Categories: Culture, Fiction, Journal, What I'm reading • Tags: Cold Light, Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Jenn Ashworth, out and about in ... Preston

Notebook: Christmas

December 27, 2010 by Diane Becker

                Boys and girls playing see-how-fast-you-can-eat-an-orange game. Messy. Involves coughing and choking noises. Cats with static. Minus 10 degrees. Q: Bowel Transplants. Why don’t they do bowel transplants? A: I don’t know. Maybe they can’t be arsed. Re-runs of Peep Show. The Blue Aeroplanes: Jacket Hangs The Kinks: Dead End Street The distance by road to south east France Icicles: A Risk Assessment Tom’s long johns Stepdad: ‘A bloody wizard Christmas’ Q ‘Are […]

Categories: Culture, Journal • Tags: Christmas Notebook extract

10 books on my to-buy list …

November 11, 2010 by Diane Becker

Categories: Culture, Stuff & Things • Tags: Not a hint or anything

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