We apologise for the fact that there will not be many new posts on this blog between now and 15th November. Sometimes real world commitments intervene. We will finish building and adding to the blog from around 15th November 2026. 

Another "Chris talks" fan fiction video set in the "Heir to the Empire" star wars legends timeline, not the Disney canon. This is set four years after Grand Admiral Thrawn was assassinated by his bodyguard Ruhk in that timeline (which cannot happen in the Disney Canon timeline, because in that timeline, Ruhk himself was killed during the final season of Star Wars Rebels.) Pellaeon descibes the battle of Adumar.

And Professor Xavier (so the person who blogged here under the name of Professor X is choosing a new alias as a mark of respect.) And Sejanus. And King Richard the Lion-Heart. And so many others. Iconic actor Sir Patrick Stewart, of Star Trek, X-Men, I Claudius, and so many roles from Shakespeare to the stars has died aged 86. Sir Patrick died at his home in Los Angeles on 28 October after "a brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia, according to a statement shared on his social media. “His sonorous voice and singular talent will forever be synonymous with indelible performances in every genre,” the statement reads. In a career that spanned seven decades, Sir Patrick won multiple Emmys and Golden Globes, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II. He was not only a great actor, he was also a great man. Rest in Peace

The main aim of this site is to review works of science fiction and fantasy. Today we are posting a link to a review of a book by a former British Prime Minister: a book which, sadly, belongs in the latter category. The tragedy of Liz Truss is not that she was either a bad person or a stupid one: nor was the problem with Liz Truss her analysis of Britain's problems at the time she became PM. There were quite a lot of valid points in that analysis and indeed one of the worst things about her legacy is that she may have discredited some genuinely good ideas. The problem with Liz Truss was her " Damn the torpedoes, full ahead ," or in her own words, " move fast and break things " approach to solving those problems. In one sense it was to her credit that as PM she did exactly what she promised she would do when standing for the position. However, her opponent in the election, (and subsequent successor as Prime Minister,) Rishi Sunak, predicted at the time exactly h...

Remember that British Summer Time in the UK comes to an end tonight and the country goes back to Greenwich Mean Time. Consequently, in the UK and indeed in most of Europe, the clocks go back an hour overnight. So in the UK at 3am, it jumps back to a second 2am. By popular demand we are republishing this a handy guide to putting your clocks back tonight:

" Gimme, gimme, gimme a knight after midnight " and other examples of how musicians from the middle ages might have performed Abba's music ...