Author Archives: Lee J. Russell

  Whilst on holiday in Torbay, on 7th July I visited the “Visions of the Future” exhibition at Torquay Museum. This was a 9-week display of original props and costumes from some of the most famous, modern science fictions films. There were displays from Star Wars, Alien, Predator, Prometheus, Riddick and more. It was greatContinue reading “From 20/8/15: “Visions of the Future…””

Back on 21st June my brother and I visited the “Sci-Fi by the Sea” convention in Herne Bay… we had a fun day out! This annual event is organised by local people as an attraction to draw people into the town. There was a lot of interest and the tickets had sold out before theContinue reading “From 20/8/15: “Great fun at “Sci-Fi by the Sea” at Herne Bay…””

A good understanding of past events shapes our appreciation of the present and helps us to make plans for the future… Unfortunately, it seems to me that many people have learnt little from the garbled hodgepodge of History they were taught at school and probably don’t pay attention to contemporary news events. Their understanding ofContinue reading “From 28/7/15: “Some Thoughts About Societal ‘Culture’…””

I was walking around Ramsgate Harbour again this morning and really enjoyed the quiet calm that a light fog had brought in… Despite it being a fog-bound, low tide, Sunday morning, there were still things going on, including the fishermen making sure their nets were ready for their next trip out… George Clooney does aContinue reading “From 30/11/14 – “Harbour Fog…””

Col Chris Hadfield covers Bowie’s “Space Oddity” from the ISS – I can’t believe I missed this last year!!! I picked up the story of Col Chris Hadfield covering David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” over breakfast this morning… and I simply CANNOT believe that I missed this last year. This cover is the most beautifully poignantContinue reading “From 5/11/14 – “ISS Oddity””

I saw two of my favourite sci-fi genre films back-to-back at Vue last night: Ridley Scott’s “ALIEN” followed by James Cameron’s “ALIENS”… WOW, what an experience!!   ALIEN made the most lasting, influential, cinematic impression on me as a lover and writer of science fiction.  I first saw it on VHS video in about 1985,Continue reading “From 1st Nov 2014 – “Halloween Horror!!””

  I’ve said before how much I love walking around Ramsgate Harbour. I find it both very relaxing and exciting, there is always something going on!  Since we returned from holiday in Dorset I’ve seen some interesting things, and enjoyed one marvellous moment of innocent expression which reminded me that not everything is spoiled inContinue reading “From 22/8/14 – “Harbour delights…””

I only discovered Gabo’s writings last year and rapidly fell in love with Macondo and the sumptious insights into Colmbian life that he shared with us. The world is smaller without him but he leaves us with a marvellous mix of tales… I very quickly came to appreciate the sense of post-revolutionary reality that heContinue reading “From 19/4/14 – Gabriel García Márquez – died 17th April 2014…”

As I write this blog update it is now 13 days since the world was plunged into possibly the most significant political crisis since the official end of the Cold War. Russia stands accused by much of the International Community of having violated the sovereign territory of Ukraine by surreptitiously invading Crimea.  The Superpowers areContinue reading “From 12/3/14 – Crisis in Crimea”

28th December was a lovely day and I decided to have a walk around Ramsgate harbour. The south-east has been hit with a lot of unusually strong storms this Christmas but on this day the weather was quite pleasant! Ever since I was a boy I have enjoyed the atmosphere around the harbour. In thoseContinue reading “From 30/12/13 -“I had a lovely walk around Ramsgate Harbour just after Christmas…””