Nick Page

For some months I’ve been using the beta version of a writing tool called Scrivener. Now it’s out in the first ‘official’ version. Scrivener is simply one of the best tools for writers I’ve ever seen. Its strength is that it allows you to write – to get all the stuff out from your head [...]

I’ve always had a soft spot for Tintin – more for the graphic style of the art rather than the stories. After all, there are only so many amazing escapes that one can take although Captain Haddock’s repertoire of insults is always entertaining). The image comes from a new exhibition of Herge’s work at the [...]

About midday, when the wind was gusting, Claire looked out the window and said, ‘I think the eucalyptus is going to fall down.’ ‘You’re just being paranoid,’ I said. (We had another tree fall down in the storms just a few weeks ago.) ‘It’s perfectly all right.’ then I looked. And saw that it was [...]

I think it’s time I was a PhD in something. I don’t, obviously, have the time to study, nor indeed the desire. So the easiest option is to purchase one online. The question is, what’s the best deal? I quite like the look of the Doctor of Divinity at the Universal Life Church, although I [...]

I’ve taken advantage of the various DVD sales that are on at the moment. Top of the list is the three-disc, digitally remastered Wizard of Oz (a criminally cheap six quid at HMV, also showing in certain cinemas). But I’ve also spent all my Christmas money on the 2 disc 30th anniversary edition of Jaws, [...]