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May 2, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
The Nightwatchman Clicks His Flashlight: On Jon McLeary’s Double Century of Ghost Posts
Well, he’s a cricket fan, so he’ll enjoy the mention of a “double century” – but one thing I learned a while back is that you have to pick your moments and celebrate your own milestones in this writing-online caper. You have to turn up. And turn up. And turn up again. And if you […]Archive
February 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Remembering Bruno: My Bruno Lawrence Story
I was 17. Final year of school. I’d done a bit of journalism work for the National Youth Drama School, an ad hoc publicity officer role. Because my interest, at that time, was to move into journalism (I’ve been thinking about moving into journalism ever since then, a silly limbo to be in of course […]Archive
August 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 71 The Ghost Itself
When I was a kid every Monday the comics would come out – Scorcher and Score and Whizzer and Chips from the UK and Marvel super hero comics from the US. As I entered my teens it was New Musical Express and Rolling Stone but always on a Monday – a great way to take […]Archive
March 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman