Hello Dear Reader Film Critic – And Why Not As soon as, ‘I wish I knew how it would feel to be free’ started, I knew I was in for a treat. That was the chosen theme music for the BBC Film series, hosted by the late Barry Norman. Barry Norman became someone who, for me, helped expand my love of films, not just the mainstream, but why I should want to watch a certain movie. He took up the role after…
Hello Dear Reader and Gamer Elite – Very Dangerous Many years ago on a computer now far, far away, I played a game called Elite. It was the most advanced single player space combat/trading (annoying) game I had played. The BBC in conjunction with Acorn (not the antiques either), produced a complex wire frame universe. It is very difficult to remember the impact this game had on the then flagging computer game industry. You were basically dropped in the middle…
Radio Sadness Hello Dear Reader 2016 has started with some what of a downward trend even before it got going. Each day it seemed that the news of well-known people just became longer and longer. For me, I kept reading about some of my great hero’s and influences, yet holding onto the knowledge I could listen or watch them again and again. Just when you thought it might settle down (it never will), there was announced the passing of Terry…
