This week's Five Minutes with Gavin Scott tells the extraordinary story of Joseph Conrad and the most effective sentence ever written about colonialism....
Discover the man who wrote Drake's Drum and Play up, Play up and Play the game! [caption id="attachment_2358" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Screenshot[/caption]...
This week's Five Minutes with Gavin Scott is about William Wordsworth's speculations on where we come from and his poetic delight in the world around him https://youtu.be/nbXZQPIT_-s...
This week’s Five Minutes with Gavin Scott brings us to one of literature's greatest suspense sequences, in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island https://youtu.be/AQuOnHIFhGc...
Celebrating the adventurous life and enchanting sea poems of John Masefield https://youtu.be/y7TD_HWfJpo...
I have for some years now been creating a series of works composed of toys and other mass-produced cultural artifacts, which could be seen as Joseph Cornell boxes writ large: they are four feet long, three feet tall and between three and six inches deep. What interests me about mass market toys is that because they're designed to grab kids' attention as forcefully and quickly as possible they go right to the heart of the way people see the world at a particular time, revealing things about our culture and...
The story of how Santa Monica Park became an Airport - and of the struggle to return it to being a green oasis in the city https://youtu.be/oVgE0YCytME...
This week's Five Minutes with Gavin Scott takes us to sea, as the Water Rat hears tales of the Mediterranean and the Levant from a mysterious sea-farer in Kenneth Grahame's ever-delightful Wind in the Willows. https://youtu.be/oO3ODhJiZG4...
Gavin Scott celebrates the roller-coaster life of poet John Donne and the witty, sexy poems he left behind for our delight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkFIBKekc8E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkFIBKekc8E...
Celebrating Mark Twain's hilarious put-down of James Fenimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans.Here's the Youtube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx7guLxmT8Q&t=16s...
The finale of Alfred Tennyson's wonderful poem Morte d'Arthur is on my my favourite poems. I hope you enjoy it too. Here's the link to Youtube https://youtu.be/k9MV99A1fpk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9MV99A1fpk ...
Last year I began a podcast celebrating my favorite pieces of prose and poetry from 70+ years of reading, and this year I've begun it again and promise to release a new episode every Friday. Here re the links to the first two, on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyZoOzrAGtA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UypkdYqzKFA&list=PLDte4CrxDIFm3ypHAxPlKuRIGX4a5010g ...
As the end of Santa Monica airport nears, some people are trying to overturn the massive local vote to turn it into a park by pushing for the land to be used for housing - so I made a video which I hope will alert people to what's going on. You can check it out on https://bit.ly/Ep1-ParkInDanger ...
Last night I had the privilege of conducting the BAFTA/LA interview with Marty, his cinematographer Rodriego Pieto and his casting directors about his wonderful new movie, Killers of the Flower Moon, which I unreservedly reccommend to anyone who loves cinema, social justice and American history. He and his team were a delight to talk to and the three hours of the movie sped past, with amazing performances by Leonardo de Caprio, Robert de Niro and Lily Gladstone. Thank you Mr. Scorsese! ...
My heart was just warmed by this lovely response from Ruth Deeley: "Hooray for Toby Wey. What a wonderful romp through understandable history - you have given me 10 days of utter joy and to hell with shopping cooking or making the bed, I only wanted to get back to turning the page." Thank you, Ruth: I do like to think it's the ideal Christmas present! https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Toby-Wey-Gavin-Scott/dp/B0B6XPSQJV/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1671303530&sr=8-1 Like Comment Share ...
As a special promotion, The Adventures of Toby Wey is now available free for a short time via Kindle Unlimited. And if you're thinking about Christmas presents, you can now order it in hardback!...
Michael Deeley, producer of The Italian Job, Blade Runner, and The Deer Hunter, among many other films, responded today to The Adventures of Toby Wey: "I have just finished Toby Wey which is thrilling, moving and wonderful in every way - I have had a such a good time reading it!" Thank you, Michael! ...
Just had a fabulous interview with Paul McCartney's step-sister Ruth and his step-mother Angie about The Adventures of Toby Wey, which they love If you want to check it out, here's the link. "https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fdrangiemccartney%2Fvideos%2F1046923372601573%2F&show_text=true&width=560&t=0" Enjoy! PS: And to get the book directly either as Kindle, paperback or Audiobook, from Amazon, here's the link to that too: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6XPSQJV?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 ...
Thank you Goodreads & Martie Nees Record. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6XPSQJV?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860...
“The Adventures of Toby Wey, written by Gavin Scott, is a spellbinding historical adventure novel set in the early 19th century. It blends historical events with a tale that is nothing short of mesmerizing. From the very first page, the action simply doesn’t quit, and even the slower scenes simmer with intrigue. A magnificently crafted coming-of-age story and a gripping tale of adventure and triumph against long odds that I can definitely see myself rereading many times in the future.” ...
More critic praise for The Adventures of Toby Wey, my romantic coming-of-age adventure set in pre-Victorian England, featuring Charles Dickens and the birth of the railways. “Loved it! The wonderfully told story of Toby Wey, who from humble origins has an adventurous, character-filled life, surviving by living on his wits. Always entertaining and full of adventure, this is just the sort of story that I would want my boy to read. Highly enjoyable.” Rachel Deeming, Reedsy Discovery * “Reminiscent of Huck Finn, The Adventures of Toby Wey is an exceptional read … a story...