Tag: London

RIP, Ken Russell

Filmmaker Ken Russell has died at the age of 84. The extremely prolific Russell’s films include:  Tommy; The Harry Palmer film, Billion Dollar Brain; Women in Love; The Music Lovers;  The Devils; Altered States; Crimes of Passion; and Lair of the White Worm.  The Guardian has an obituary […]

RIP, John Neville

Actor John Neville has died. Gutter readers might be most familiar with his work in Terry Gilliam’s The Adventures of  Baron Munchausen and in The X-Files.  According to the Guardian’s obituary, he was seen as a successor to John Gielgud and performed Alfie on the British stage before […]

Bulking Up

Adam Roberts (perhaps still scarred by his encounter with The Wheel of Time) takes a look at the relatively brisk 400 pages of Rivers of London and reflects on the appeal of a certain type of bulked-up reading experience, with a detour to talk about Sir Walter Scott: […]