I caught John Finnemore's Edinburgh special when I got back from the cinema yesterday (so not an entirely wasted afternoon). And this morning came across a lovely little Cabin Pressure fanfic which captures the spirit and voices of the show perfectly. Which is exactly what one needs while waiting for a new, real, radio fix. 2300 words, so it won' ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a Good day. I finally braved the horrors of Ilford High Street at Christmas and managed to find the presents I needed - in practically deserted shops. I know I used to shop at weekends for Christmas which are traditionally heaving, but even so, this year people really are either cutting down or relying entirely on internet shopping ( Read more... )

If you have ever found yourself trying to explain the rules of Mornington Crescent to a non-Radio4 listener, go and read:

The Goodge Street Gambit and the Controversial Non-Holmesian Principle by definewisdom

Just do.

And when you've stopped laughing, do comment.

Right, what I was saying about writing fanfic for FUN is amply illustrated by ( Potter Pimp and Rec )

Diary-entry ramblings for polling day under cuts to protect the un/dis-interested.

( Fanwriting )

I'd promised myself this year that I'd do fewer fests and more recs. I have failed in both areas.

However, better late than never.

This is not on my IJ or under my Pottercut because the Potter connection is negligible and all the links are LJ ones. Adult warnings apply.

( Lakeland Poetic Justice )

One of the things I promised myself to do this year was to keep some sort of record of fan-produced work that I'd liked and wanted to revisit.

This version of The Half-Blood Prince's Potions Book is a perfect example of what fandom is for In this case providing something that fans have been begging to have available commercially, but, in the ( Read more... )

I don't usually recommend fan fiction here (that's for my IJ), but I've just read ishafel's mini-fic The Starlit Road 333 words that, for me, demonstrate what fanfiction is, at its best, for.

( Cut for spoilerish comment )

I seem to be missing one of our set of My Word books. I mention this only because I was looking for a quote from Denis Norden's take on "The Light That Failed" in which he tells the hilarous sad tale of his ill-fated novelty gift of a chastity belt to a newly married 'fun' couple (for 1970s cheese and pineapple hedgehogs and mushroom vol-au-vent ( Read more... )