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Preliminary sketches by the author for The Dream Eaters
: “There is a great power in a deliberate temporal dissonance that stops you in your tracks and forces you to reassess. The TV series Britannia did it wonderfully, combining Celts and Romans with psychedelic…”
: “I've been thinking recently about how artists (and musicians and writers) use social media, about how nearly every “how to use social media as an artist/writer/etc” article talks about your “brand”…”
: “As work steps up on my new series of artwork, Acid Renaissance: Albion’s True Standard Advanced, it’s about time I provided an update on the ideas and thinking behind it. First of all, Acid Renaissance…”
: “It seems appropriate, announcing that The Children of Winter is the first piece of artwork in my new Acid Renaissance: Albion’s True Standard Advanced series, that I am coming down with a bad cold. In…”
: “I have, of late, been wittering on about radical visions of the future. It started in November with No one dreams of England’s future any more, and then The Ghosts of Christmas Futures which was followed…”
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Stills from The Wicker Man, Quatermass TV series, and The Last of England
: “As an experiment I asked the following question on Twitter: Right: you are all characters/professions/creatures in my vision of a post-apocalyptic England after the Dark Dream has come, where a new…”
Two sketches of figures by the author
: “2018 has been my most financially successful year as an artist, primarily due to my England's Dark Dreaming book (fewer than 75 copies left at time of writing!). However when I say my most financially…”
Still from Quatermass TV series
: “No one seems to dream of England’s future any more, just its imagined past. When the post-modernists proclaimed (again) “the end of history” what they should have been announcing, in England at least,…”
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: “As those of you who follow me on Twitter will know, the book of my England’s Dark Dreaming series of drawings is now available to pre-order. It’s due to be published in early/mid August priced £14.99,…”
: “Earlier this week I was privileged to watch a sneaky advance screening of Armageddon Gospels. Armageddon Gospels from Foolish People is a new film written and directed by John Harrigan, in which a group…”
: “Sometime towards the end of March Justin Hopper, author of The Old Weird Albion, asked me if I’d like to participate in some way with him and renowned folk musician Sharron Kraus in a ritualistic thing…”
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Stanmer Woods, near Brighton, taken by the author
: “Yesterday I posed a question on Twitter as a short thread that I’ll reformat here for easy reading: I’m trying to put together a vague explanation for the increased use—by artists (such as myself),…”
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: “On some days, when the veil between worlds is at its thinnest, it is said that you can glimpse the mythical land of Deep England, particularly if you read the Daily Mail, the Daily Express, or the Daily…”
Drawings by the author
: “As the new year approaches I decided it was time to review the rates I pay life models again. I try to review these rates on a regular basis because It’s the right thing to do, Life models are hard-working…”
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “In which I make some initial notes looking into the Gothic mode in my England’s Dark Dreaming series of drawings. About the word “Gothic” I grew up in the 1980s and 1990s clad in black (and…”
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Detail from Come Unto the Corn by the author
: “Prompted by some several discussions on Twitter (particularly one thread from author Adrian Bott) prompted by yet another article about Folk Horror films I wanted to set out some thoughts about Folk Horror. From…”
Bark mask by the author
: “Shortly before Christmas David Southwell (he of Hookland Guide fame) and I met up for a few festive beers in London. We spoke about many things, but one topic that has been buzzing around my head since…”
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The Procession, charcoal drawing by the author
: “When I come to the end of a year it never feels like I’ve got anywhere as much work done as I wanted to. This year has been much the same. I know the year has been dominated by politics, particularly…”
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “I’ve now finished the first 5 of my England’s Dark Dreaming series of drawings. I wish I could show you them at their full size—one metre high—rather than the relatively small digital photographs…”
Detail from the first drawing in the series
: “I'm increasingly convinced that the country is temporally fractured, and we should be expecting a visit from Sapphire & Steel any time now. Everything seems to operate on skewed oneiric logic. Everyone…”