Category: About Writing
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Katy Brand Welcomes Careful Drivers
I recently completed my long overdue re-watch of the BBC era Red Dwarf, and it made me want to pick up the books again. I had read the smeg out of Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers and Better Than Life, and I didn’t quite appreciate how much they had informed my love of the show as…
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Funny For Money
I think I saw this at the time, but it’s nice to be able to see it again. Bob asks thoughtful questions, and listens to thoughtful answers. As far as I know, this was a one-off, and there were no more.
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Scene Breakdown: Darling Fascist Bully Boy
The more I think about the scene in The Young Ones where they write a letter to the bank manager, the more I think it’s one of the best scenes in the whole series. Let’s have a look at it. So what makes it so good? It barely advances the plot, but it does do…
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Wilt
I’m re-reading some Tom Sharpe at the moment, and I’d forgotten, or never quite realised, just how informative he has been of my own writing. As a bonus, I watched the movie version of Wilt, which was adapted by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick (rather well too), and I had equally forgotten how many of…
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Jon Plowman & Paul Jackson On Comedy
One of the most enjoyable afternoons I ever spent was watching an off-the-record conversation between Jon Plowman and Paul Jackson at a writing festival. I find them both fascinating, and here they are sharing some more thoughts on comedy.
