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TV Review: Doctor Who – Series 12 and the Timeless Child arc
SPOILERS AHEAD! Doctor Who Series 12 has come to an end after an all-too-brief 10 episodes and it’s been a mixed bag. I was super-underwhelmed by the opening two-parter, Spyfall, which had 45 minutes’ worth of story drawn out into two 60-minute episodes. And new aliens the Kasaavin (which, uninterestingly, just looked like shining humanoids… Read more
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Did one of the Princes in the Tower survive?
Was Britain’s oldest missing persons case actually solved seven years after it happened? According to some historians—yes. If you’re a Tudor history aficionado, you’ve probably heard the name ‘Perkin Warbeck’. This was a man who turned up in 1490 saying he had a better claim to the English throne than the man currently sat on… Read more
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TV Review: Netflix’s The Stranger – not a good example of a conspiracy thriller, frankly
I really thought this was gonna be a good’un. The trailers made it look great. And for the first few episodes, it was genuinely compelling, with lots of plotlines you expect to come together. Until they don’t. The fact that new Netflix show The Stranger was billed as a conspiracy thriller made me assume something… Read more
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Blog Tour Roundup: Million Eyes is “tense”, “shocking”, has a “deliciously dark vein of humour” and isn’t just for sci-fi fans, according to reviews
Phew! Now that I’ve stopped to take a breath, I thought I’d pull together an overview of what was an absolutely fantastic blog tour and crazy first week for Million Eyes, my debut professionally published novel from Elsewhen Press. They say that publication day can be an anti-climax. I recently read an article that made… Read more
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Million Eyes is out now in all ebook formats!
The moment’s arrived. After many years (almost *cough splutter* 12), Million Eyes is finally published. As part of Elsewhen Press‘s digital-first approach, the first book in the Million Eyes trilogy is now available to buy (RRP £2.99) in all ebook formats. Here’s the link where you can buy it: http://bit.ly/Million-Eyes. The paperback will follow on… Read more
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Killing Britain’s kings — 5 unsolved monarch murders
Here in Britain, we have a long history of assassinated kings and are still debating many of them. Here’s a countdown of the murkiest and most mysterious kingly deaths in the last thousand years or so… 5. Edmund I (died 946) Grandson of Alfred the Great, Edmund I was a Saxon king of England whose… Read more
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The truth about the secret Nazi base on the moon
Neil Armstrong was not the first man on the moon. Hitler was. He beat Armstrong by 27 years, according to a conspiracy theory that festers in the far reaches of the internet. As far as I can tell, these claims originate in a science fiction novel called Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert A. Heinlein. It… Read more
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The secret female pope: is the Catholic Church covering up the existence of Pope Joan?
So I thought it was high time I got back to writing regular monthly articles on conspiracy theories, urban legends and mysterious/paranormal happenings. And boy am I starting with a corker! The Catholic Church has been concealing the fact that it was once led by a woman. As we know, the Catholic Church is one… Read more
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The Million Eyes teaser trailer has landed!
The book trailer for Million Eyes is here! This 1-minute book trailer is a teaser trailer and the first of two. A further trailer will be released on publication day (January 10th 2020) and will offer a couple of extra tidbits about the novel. As you know, you can already read a chapter of the… Read more
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