UK Entrances to Hell
For reasons of personal safety, please take time to review these Entrances to Hell in the UK. (Thanks, Steven!)
Where Are All the Female Science Fiction Writers?
The Guardian wonders about the absence of female science fiction and fantasy authors in its recent readers poll of favorites. Is publishing sexist? Are fans? (Beware the comments thread).
RIP, Edward Hardwicke
British actor Edward Hardwicke has died. He is best known as Dr. John Watson in the 1980s and 1990s BBC Sherlock Holmes series co-starring Jeremy Brett as Holmes.The Guardian has an obituary and here is a video of Hardwicke and Brett interviewed about playing Watson and Holmes.
Badass Women of the Pulp Era
14 Badass Women of the Pulp Era from around the world.
The Great English Slaying
“A murder is somehow more quintessentially English when committed on the cobbles of a foggy East End alley. If there’s a silhouetted top hat, a rustle of crinoline and a scream cut short with straight razor, all the better.” The Guardian has more on “the Great English Slaying.”
In Memoriam, Elisabeth Sladen
Red Eye Chicago has a collection of memories of Elisabeth Sladen from several actors she worked with on Doctor Who as well as the CBBC tribute to her.
The Cultural Gutter 