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Anne "is working on another novel, about 'immortals who've been on the planet since before the fall of Atlantis'. " Source:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/24/anne-rice-catholic-church-rejection-vampire

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According to The Guardian, anyway... Article:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/oct/21/science-fiction-fantasy-25 2001: A Space Odyssey bores me utterly; and The Wizard of Oz is akin to torture, as is Back to the Future - each to their own, of course. On the other hand, The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, in my opinion, deserves a higher rank in the list.  I also agree with the inclusion of Pan's Labyrinth and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.  I would have expected to see Dune in the list, or maybe Gormenghast.  Still, this is the nature of such lists; almost everyone disagrees with their contents! 

 Adele Cosgrove-Bray  Adrienne Odasso  Carol Falaki  Tim Hulme  Peter Caton  Colin P Davies  Chris the Shaman  Parallel Dimensions took place on Saturday, October 16th at West Kirby Library.  Participating authors were:  Carol Falaki, Tim Hulme, Peter Caton, Adrienne Odasso, Colin P Davies and myself (Adele Cosgrove-Bray.)  Music was provided by Chris the Shaman. The event was filmed by Creative Initiatives. The audience heard a wide variety of themes and literary styles.  Adrienne brought along a hefty selection of publications which featured her poetry.   Colin read from his new collection of short stories, Tall Tales On the Iron Horse .  I read Project from Barren Worlds  and also Liar, as both short pieces share a linked theme. Unfortunately the planned Q&A session had to be cancelled as the library was due to close, as we'd ran well over the allotted time. However, the good news is that I've...

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"For decades the official Stonehenge guidebooks have been full of fascinating facts and figures and theories surrounding the world's greatest prehistoric monument. What the glossy brochures do not mention, however, is the systematic rebuilding of the 4,000 year old stone circle throughout the 20th Century...  From 1901 to 1964, the majority of the stone circle was restored in a series of makeovers which have left it, in the words of one archaeologist, as 'a product of the 20th century heritage industry' ." Source (includes photos of rebuilding):  http://www.ufos-aliens.co.uk/cosmicstonehenge.htm

My feet first led me to St John the Baptist's some two decades ago.  I had seen enough of Chester's shops for one afternoon and, as if drawn by some subtle instinct, I found myself wandering around the sandstone ruins of what must have once been an impressive Norman church built close to the shores of the River Dee. Early churches were often built on top of pre-existing sacred sites, earlier even than the Roman shrine which once stood where the Norman ruins now lie.   With the Roman ampitheatre just yards away, this may have been a shrine to Mithras. A person can only speculate about what may have been here prior to the Roman structure.  During the Reformation, St John's received far worse treatment than the nearby, and much bigger, St Werburgh's Cathedral which legend places directly over an ancient Druidic Grove.   It seems unlikely that those same Druids would have overlooked this energy-rich focal point.  Norman ruins of an...

My efforts to store online photos on disc continues.  Here are a few more of my favourite shots.  Royden Woods  West Kirby Marina  West Kirby Marina under repair, March 2009.  Grange Hill War Memorial  Solitary figure on Red Rocks, Hoylake 

Emily, Killer of Garden Gnomes  Mutley and Poppy  Jazzy and toy mouse  Rolly-polly Saffron  Ygraine in the Grove I've been tidying up photos on my hard-drive and transfering them onto disc.  Here are a few of my favourites. 

Stanislav Belyaevsky's exquisite photography, which captures the passion, strength and beauty of ballet. http://www.belyaevsky.com/