Literary The Greatest 3 Free Horror Stories 28 Jul 20171 Jul 2017 Playing with Fire by Arthur Conan Doyle PLAYING WITH FIRE I cannot pretend to say what occurred on the 14th of April last at No. 17, Badderly Gardens. Put down…
Literary My Top 8 Indie Reads of 2017 (so far) 27 Jul 2017 The Pharaoh's Cat by Maria Luisa Lang This book is instant happiness in a little package! Letters to Strabo by David Smith People of the Sun by Jason Parent Thought-provoking and…
Visual art The Wednesday Painting – Two Children are Threatened by a Nightingale – Max Ernst 26 Jul 201726 May 2017 This week's painting is Max Ernst's Two Children are Threatened by a Nightingale.
Literary Review: The Pharaoh’s Cat 26 Jul 201727 Jul 2017 The Pharaoh's Cat by Maria Luisa Lang The Pharaoh’s Cat, a tragicomic fantasy narrated in the present tense by the cat himself, tells of a free-spirited, wise-cracking stray in ancient…
Visual art Doodle Tuesday – Untitled 25 Jul 201723 Jul 2017 This week's Tuesday doodle comes from Yves Tanguy.
Literary Giveaway: Letters to Strabo 23 Jul 2017 I recently reviewed David Smith's excellent book, Letters to Strabo. David has very kindly agreed to give away a signed copy to three lucky Examining the Odd readers! To enter,…
Literary Review: Letters to Strabo by David Smith 21 Jul 2017 I recently reviewed David Smith's Love in Lindfield and I've just finished his Letters to Strabo. Although the former was a fun read, the latter is definitely more my style…
Film The Friday Film – The Birds 14 Jul 201724 Mar 2017 I'm pretty late to the party, but last night I finally got round to watching The Birds, the Hitchcock film based on Daphne du Maurier's story of the same name…
