THE SKINNER

I just picked up on this on Singularity Hub . Game Changer? The Super Supercapacitor | Brian Golden Davis from Focus Forward Films on ...

Well, I can tease my readers with hints about what I'm writing but some readers can strike back: 'To donate to charity or ...

We’re now coming to the end of our temperance month which, according to ‘health professionals’ is not such a good thing because it might en...

I’m now back on track writing 10,000 words a week and  Penny Royal III has now passed 30,000 words but, better than that, I’ve written myse...

I remember Eric Brown from Interzone back in the eighties, with his short story The Time-Lapsed Man being a particular highlight. Like...

It seems they're using a slightly different cover for the US version of Zero Point , but it's still a Jon Sullivan picture so good ...

Nice picture here sent in by Spencer Van Schevensteen of the shelves in Waterstones in Romford. So thank you to whoever is doing the orderi...

I haven’t written much in here about what I’ve been reading so I’ll catch up a bit, just sticking to everything after January. Okay, after ...

Well, after years of working with noisy machinery - up until 2001 I had operated milling machines and lathes for many years then, when I we...

Here's a little taste of what some fans get up to when you're not keeping a careful eye on them. I've been asked to name a star...

Well, we went to see the first film of The Hobbit yesterday. I was a bit worried about it being a bit of an over-extended franchise but I...

Okay, that’s sorted. Before Christmas I received the version of Jupiter War , edited by Peter Lavery, along with some helpful structural/...

I caught a bit of Who Wants to be a Millionaire last night and really wish I hadn’t. The question I heard was, ‘Which of these do you fin...

Boris Johnson is here speaking some sense about fracking. The extraction process alone would generate tens of thousands of jobs in par...

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So, I had my second encounter with Essex Police yesterday… Let me start with my mother. She’s 85 has a lymphoma and is undergoing che...

I watched the TV series The Secret of Crickley Hall – last episode last night – and though I enjoyed it I couldn’t really engage with it....

I’ve been noting how over the years the number of comments I get here has been steadily waning. I could, if I was sufficiently paranoid, ...

So, Cameron is a nannying statist who wants to stick a minimum price on alcohol per unit. What on Earth is he thinking? Does he think tha...

Well, checking my journal I see that I began writing Penny Royal II on the 19 th of July and finished it to first draft on 27 th Novem...