Buck Up Your Ideas

Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi and fantasy

Building model railways has been a popular pastime in Britain for more than a century now and millions of young modellers once looked forward to their monthly copy of Model Railway News. This MRN annu

I could justifiably claim this year to have been a professional actor for 70 years. In 1956, when I was just 13, I was recruited to play the imaginary son of Eleanor Summerfield, the star of a Granada

Readers of Fortean Times will know that I have written regularly about real-life experiences of road ghosts, phantom hitchhikers and other apparitions. However, I also come across people who have had

The zany world of Rentaghost with jesters, witches and a pantomime horse, entertained children and adults alike