-
This Wednesday
A shout-out for Ellen ‘Audrey Deux’, singing with Sunday’s Child at the Cobden Club in Notting Hill this Wednesday evening. From the club’s website: Nottinghill’s local DJ/Producer Alistair hosts “Hoochie Coochie live Club” Every week 4 to 5 of London’s finest and best acts (both signed & unsigned) from acoustic singer-songwriters to soul/jazz to ska…
-
Super Duper 8
I spent last Friday morning in the BBC’s number 4 grading suite at the Television Centre in London. For a while I’d been looking for some way of digitising the Super 8 that I shot in the late ’70s and ’80s, but there was always a problem. For all its reputation as a ‘bootlace gauge’,…
-
In Sickness and in Stealth
Back in 1984 I travelled through Finland and Russia to research the book that would eventually become The Boat House. I say eventually because it was a far from easy road. Not the travelling, that was an adventure that I wouldn’t have missed for anything. Helsinki, Joensuu, Savonlinna, the towns of Western Karelia… then onto…
-
Rewind
When I gave up the day job back in August 1980, we took half of the advance money from Chimera and set off for the US with the intention of stretching it out as far as we could and staying until it was gone. We travelled coast to coast and spent the main part of…
-
Michael Sharvell-Martin
You may not know the name, but if you’ve any familiarity with British TV comedy of the last 30 years you’ll immediately recognise the face… actor Michael Sharvell-Martin died of cancer of the oesophagus on October 27th. A consistent and solid player in scripted comedy (No Place Like Home, Terry and June), and a regular…
-
Remaindered
Last night I got to see Lee Goldberg’s stinging and accomplished short film Remaindered, and I’m going to recommend it to you without reservation. Yes, I know Lee, and no, friendship has nothing to do with it. The tale’s as well-turned as you’d expect from a pro, and it takes imaginative flight from a reality…
-
Brooligan on the Kindle
I’ve just released four of my backlist titles as ebooks for the Kindle, with other platforms to follow when I can get around to putting the work in. Formatting for a professional-looking result isn’t the doddle that some would have you believe; up-converting a Word file with Amazon’s own online tool gives a result that…
-
The Secret in their Eyes
Okay, so I’m slow to catch on. El Secreto de sus Ojos (The Secret in their Eyes) already won the Best Foreign Language Oscar, and here I am only now recommending it to you. And I saw it on a plane, which is hardly the cinephile way. Quality issues apart, imagine two hours of reading…
-
Twitter
Brooligan is now on Twitter. You can find me here. I’ll drop in the odd nugget about the new show that I’m developing for Fox, insofar as I can do it without tempting the gods. You know how they love to screw with our plans.
Hauling Like A Brooligan
Stephen Gallagher
