Starting on midnight of the 25th January, Resonance FM will be broadcasting a series of specially-commissioned collaborations between writers and musicians, Weird Tales For Winter, curated by the incomparable Jonny Mugwump and including my own collaboration with the West Norwood Cassette Library, entitled The Dinner Party Wars
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The Stone Tape
by Matthew De Abaitua •
It’s hard for 21st Century whippersnappers to appreciate the impact Nigel Kneale’s 1950s Quatermass serial had on the nation. Back when there was only one channel, and the programmes all went out live, a writer could step out of Alexandria Palace, look out across the TV aerials rigging the dark London skyline and know that…
The Year Of The Sex Olympics
by Matthew De Abaitua •
Nigel Kneale’s anticipates the nasty underbelly of reality television with this BBC play, reviewed by Matthew De Abaitua