Just We went to an excellent open day at the Bergamot Centre, a bunch of galleries in an old Santa Monica freight station, where we discovered James Griffith, who combines words and images that delight the eye and brain simultaneously. Hats off, Mr Griffith.#jamesgriffith #modernart...
I've decided to experiment with selling iterations of my toy sculptures as NFTs. If you'd lie to check out the first one, go to https://opensea.io/assets/0x495f947276749ce646f68ac8c248420045cb7b5e/72751523873704979039662702287308917473372878656024583218538352489972749041665 [caption id="attachment_2140" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Magic[/caption]...
Boris Johnson is planning to “solve” the climate crisis by filling the UK with new nuclear power stations. But if the Romans had built reactors in Britain 2,000 years ago we would still be trying to figure out how to deal with the radioactive waste, because it lasts, effectively, forever. And if the Russians ever attacked British reactors as they did in those in the Ukraine, this small island would be facing an irreversible national disaster. Without the technology to safeguard nuclear waste and protect reactors from attack, building new atomic power...
And may the Great Book of 2021 make better reading than the 2020 edition! ...
With Terry Jones' death I have of course lost one of my best friends, but on the other hand I'm happy for the blessed release for him and the loving family who have been caring for him so well since the dementia struck. The sadness will pass: what Terry leaves behind is a host of happy memories for me and my family, who have known him too all these years - and loved him. George Lucas brought us together when he got me to persuade Terry to direct an episode of...
In theory, the cover of this next Dean Christmas Annual, from 1959, should be a much more reassuring image, but there is something about this little chap and his pet squirrel that is actually quite alarming. ...
I have just found a box of children's annuals from the 1950's, and here are two of their oddly unsettling covers....
This bookstore in Fowey, Cornwall, might be onto something. And bearing in mind the revelations about Trump and the Russians, the title of the first #DuncanForrester, #AgeofTreachery, might be all too apposite. ...
This bookstore in Fowey, Cornwall may be onto something....
One of my favourite action poems - one that makes you feel as if you're riding hell for leather across the Australian outback. And by a poet called Banjo! What more could anyone want? ...
Welcome to the latest edition of Gavin Scott Presents, a selection of my favourite prose and poetry. This week, “To His Coy Mistress”, by Andrew Marvell, who came from my home town of Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire. The poem is packed with phrases you’ll instantly recognise because other people have snapped them up to insert in their own works, starting with the first line “had we but world and time enough” and going on to the remark that “the grave’s a fine and private place”. The poem as a whole...
Picture courtesy of National Geographic; caption courtesy of me and the littlies. Let's look after them in 2019....
Happy New Year! And to get 2019 off to a good start, here are two of my favourite poems about the sea from British Poet Laureate John Masefield ...
Gavin reads three poems for Christmas by Robert Bridges, Thomas Hardy and Henry Longfellow...
The Age of Exodus by Gavin Scott Review by CNN’s Sandro Monetti 5.0 out of 5 stars Hold on tight for this literary thrill ride November 29, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition This is like strapping yourself into a rollercoaster or time machine and taking a thrilling ride into history. Educational as well as entertaining, The Age of Exodus, a globetrotting adventure set in 1947, gives the reader a front row seat to defining events - and keeps you on the edge of it. But for all his impressive knowledge of the past, author Gavin Scott doesn't let historical detail overwhelm...
Hanging continues at Kiwis in LA. for October 13th Art Show at Santa Monica Airport Art Studios. Today, "Alpine Dreams", a celebration of All Things Swiss. ...
Busy delivering artwork for the Kiwis in LA Art Show this Saturday evening at 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica 90405. Come along if you can - it's enormous fun. Not just art but load of Kiwi food and wine and good company. ...
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#AgeofExodus better than Dan Brown? Well, perhaps I'll accept that compliment from uber-reviewers @TheDreamCage when I have DB's sales: but in the meantime thanks for a great review and for saying I write with "driving clarity". Love it! ...
I'm not saying #AgeofExodus and Duncan Forrester incorporate all these three, but if one of Goodreads top reviewers insists, who am I to contradict?...
I read this with great pleasure when I was giving a speech about #AgeofExodus to a group of investment experts in Ventura. Here's a five star review on Amazon.co.uk I read this book in virtually one sitting. ByMiss A Telfert on 24 September 2018 Format: Paperback Verified Purchase And then came an amazingly thorough analysis by one of Amazon's top reviewers. A fascinating tale, combining a fun archaeological mystery with a political thriller By Kate TOP 500 REVIEWER "The Age of Exodus is the third novel in Gavin Scott’s Duncan Forrester trilogy, set during the aftermath of World War Two. I haven’t read...
A huge thank you to everyone who was able to come to the launch of #AgeofExodus at Chaucer's Books in Santa Barbara and Book Soup in Los Angeles - and to all those who wanted to come, couldn't make it, but have promised to buy and review the book on Amazon! Two wonderful evenings with extraordinary numbers of wonderful people. ...