John Howard on collecting and reading science fiction magazines: “Not for the first time a new sf magazine blossomed briefly – and vanished...”

https://wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-worlds-to-conquer-vortex-and-vargo.html

#sciencefiction #books

“[At] the end of Grease, when Sandy and Danny literally drive away into the sky in the Ford... [it’s] unexpected, unexplained but it’s got nothing to do with transcendence. It’s magic realism.”

https://bowbrick.substack.com/p/gross69-1978-grease-is-a-miserable

#films #movies

BLOG POST: As a writer of ghost stories I've really enjoyed binge watching J-Horror over the past few months and thinking about what makes these films tick.

https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2026/03/17/how-j-horror-brought-ghost-stories-back-from-the-dead

#films #movies #JHorror

Delighted that the mystery of ‘Festive’ has been unlocked. I think it's that...

> Festive is the lettering style
> Inter-signs or Intersign is the product
> Lettercast is the brand
> Wards is the parent company
> Launched in 1963

Now aiming to write this up for @FontsInUse.

Finally rode the Wuppertal Schwebebahn.

#trains #PublicTransport

A Spectre, c.1900

#ghosts #photography

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-spectre-323303