Eclectic Scriptorium

Every day we blog ourselves anew - Eclectic: an adjective which means "deriving ideas or styles from a broad and diverse range of sources". - Scriptorium: a noun which literally means "a place for writing".

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Final Post / Goodbye

After some consideration, I have decided to stop using tumblr services. There is a direct reason for my decision, but it is not one which I wish to discuss here. Suffice it to say that I am quite disappointed and dissatisfied with some aspects of tumblr, in particular certain policies and the way in which these are currently being applied. I therefore find that is it necessary and right for me to stop using tumblr.

I have found many amazing people and have followed your tumblrs with much curiosity and interest throughout my time here. I shall miss seeing your posts.

To those of you who have followed my tumblr, thank you for viewing the things I have posted. Thank you for taking the time to like, reblog, comment, or otherwise support my activity here. I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing my thoughts and interests with you all.

For anyone wishing to remain in contact with me, you may do so via email at [email protected] – I hope that I will be able to continue communicating with you in this way.

Thank you kindly to one and all. Take care always and all the best.

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Forgotten masterpiece: “The Song of the Lost” by Neil Gaiman (poem), Jae Lee (art) and José Villarrubia (colors) from Heroes, a 9/11 anthology, 2001. 

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Herman Melville - Bartleby the Scrivener - BBC Radio 4 Extra

A law firm's copyist 'prefers' not to do parts of his job.

BBC Radio 4 Extra dramatisation of Herman Melville’s short story, “Bartleby the Scrivener” (available for eight days; playing time is approximately one hour).

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Time for some Peter Cushing: candid photograph from the 1980s.

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Star Maker, Remedios Varo

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Crow up.

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Episode 1, HP Lovecraft - At the Mountains of Madness - BBC Radio 4 Extra

High in the Antarctic, a team of scientists make an unexpected discovery.

One of my favourites: At the Mountains of Madness, by H.P. Lovecraft (read by Richard Coyle). Five audio recordings from BBC Radio 4 Extra: Episode One (available for seven days) | Episode Two (available for eight days) | Episode Three (available for nine days) | Episode Four (available for ten days) | Episode Five (available for eleven days). Playing time for each episode is approximately 30 minutes.

A real must for H.P. Lovecraft fans. Listen and enjoy!

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“take your time. try not to forget. we never will.” by Daniel Danger 24x36″ seven color screenprint 2015 coming soon to my store

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Beautiful artwork.

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Time for some Sir Christopher Lee (with young daughter Christina).

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Not sure whether or not I’ve reblogged this before, but there we go.

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Time for some Peter Cushing: photograph taken during the making of the film Legend of the Werewolf (1975).

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“Sometimes the best things in life come in threes” – Absolutely!

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ADDENDUM: The image that originally appeared in this post has now been deleted by me following copyright issues. This being the case, I hereby remove all credit given to the artist of said image in a prior version of this note. Instead, feast your eyes upon a “this image has been removed at the copyright holder’s request” image, courtesy of tumblr.

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The Nine Billion Names of God, The Nine Billion Names of God, Arthur C Clarke Stories - BBC Radio 4 Extra

A Tibetan monastery's new computer sparks fears that the world will end.

A collection of five audio short stories by Arthur C Clarke, and read by John Shrapnel on BBC Radio 4 Extra: The Nine Billion Names of God (available for seven days) | The Star (available for eight days) | Death and the Senator (available for nine days) | Superiority (available for ten days) | The Sentinel (available for eleven days).

An absolute must for fans of Arthur C Clarke and/or Science-Fiction!

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RIP Wes Craven (1939-2015)

Sad news of the passing of American film director, writer, producer, and actor, Wesley Earl “Wes” Craven (2nd August, 1939–30th August, 2015). Wes Craven will perhaps be best remembered for the creation of the A Nightmare on Elm Street film franchise, featuring the character Freddie Krueger.

Additionally, Wes Craven directed all four of the films in the Scream series (arguably a postmodern take on the slasher film genre), featuring the character of Ghostface. Amongst his other films are such titles as The Hills Have Eyes (1977), The Last House on the Left (1972), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), The People Under the Stairs (1991), Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), Cursed (2005), Red Eye (2005), and My Soul to Take (2010).

RIP Wes Craven (1939-2015). Thank you for the pleasure you brought through your work, and especially for all the scares! You really did give us some powerful nightmares (and more than one sleepless night!). God bless.

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From bants to manspreading: what's new in the oxforddictionaries.com

Free online dictionary releases list of 1,000 latest words added to its database – with new entries also including Grexit, Brexit and beer o’clock

Perfect for cunning linguists!

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Marty Ross - Catch My Breath - BBC Radio 4 Extra

Contemporary horror story set in a remote Scottish country house

“Catch My Breath” by Marty Ross on BBC Radio 4 Extra is a contemporary supernatural thriller inspired by a figure found in old Scottish folklore, namely that of the Beatha Greimach – literally “The Breath Thief” – a Celtic demon said to lure its victims into a kiss which would drain the souls from their bodies.

(Five 30-minute episodes: Episode One (available for 7 days) | Episode Two (8 days) | Episode Three (9 days) | Episode Four (10 days) | Episode Five (11 days) – Well worth listening to).

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Edward Scissorhands 25th Anniversary

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Time for some Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder. Beautiful image.