High Priest of high liberalism. Toronto sports fan. "Radical Socialist" (Very much a political liberal). Mostly posts arcane exegesis. Not that funny

Writes, reads, watches, worries. 1st novel Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves - SL for Walter Scott prize. LL for V S Pritchett Short Story. Second novel, Belveder

Mostly watching films.

Connoisseur of fine action sequences. Website: https://action-cinema.com/ Action Scenarios: The Essential Guide to Action in Film: https://a.co/d/9jsdeMJ

Journalist by day. He/him. ALLY. Blogs about books, ephemera, movies & history at papergreat.blogspot.com Digs folklore, Ruth Manning-Sanders books, cinema from

Living on Sydney Greenstreet Haunted by Ida Lupino 이민자 Trap drummer

Teaching/lecturing in France. Occasional academic. Cinema, books, music, vintage television, podcasts (usually while cooking for the family), teaching, life i

A film blog: I spent 2025 analysing Red Desert. www.slowmovingpictures.org