We won the commission to create a mountain for the Olympic park. The committee praised our bold vision, our dynamic approach and our sensitivity to budgetary constraints. There was talk of legacy, and local involvement, and opportunities for commercial partnership. Everybody was happy and we were going to be rich and famous. We conducted exhaustive … Continue reading The Everlasting Universe of Things →

The 2012 H.P. Lovecraft Olympic Park is 90 per cent complete as these new photographs released today reveal. The main image, below, shows the 500-acre park from north to south with the 'nameless cyclinder' and 'eyes in darkness' in the foreground and the 'moon-ladder' in the distance. The Mountains of Madness are just visible on … Continue reading 2012 Lovecraft Olympic Park almost complete →

-1- In Which The Scene Is Set And Our Tale Begins The bare facts of the Prostitute Rebellion are these. On the night of March 27th, 1812, a night of windblown luminous clouds, a toothy frost and a quarter moon, one Florence Cooper, prostitute, stabbed to death a man at Bow, London, leaving her victim … Continue reading Scenes From The Fabulous Prostitute Rebellion of 1812 →

It was a beautiful Thursday morning in June and I was a happy man. More specifically, I was twenty-nine, recently promoted, single and carrying the phone number of a girl I’d met at a party the night before in my pocket. And I didn’t even have a hangover. In other words life was wonderful, and … Continue reading Scenes from the End of the Twentieth Century →

[1997ish?] People will react in different ways, that’s all you can say for sure. For Polish Ernie the worst thing about dying is that for the first time in his life he can’t trust himself to make a decision. He’s crippled by self doubt. Things have got so bad that even choosing what shoes to … Continue reading Christmas Cards →

[Michael Chabon is the author of “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh”, “Wonder Boys”, “A Model World”, “Werewolves in their Youth” and "The Yiddish Policemen's Union", among others. I've been unhealthily obsessed with his work since, ooh, at least 1988. This interview followed the release of his third novel "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"] OB: … Continue reading Michael Chabon interview (2000) →

[Dan Rhodes is the author of the short story collections “Anthropology” and “Don’t Tell Me The Truth About Love”, and the novels “Timoleon Vieta Come Home”, “The Little White Car” (as Danuta de Rhodes) and “Gold” (released March 2007). He was named as one of Granta’s “Best of Young British Novelists” in 2003. This interview … Continue reading Dan Rhodes interview (2001) →

[Richard Dawkins is the author of "The Selfish Gene", "The Extended Phenotype", "The Blind Watchmaker", "The Ancestor's Tale" and "The God Delusion", among others. This interview followed the publication of "Unweaving the Rainbow".] OB: Your main argument in “Unweaving the Rainbow”, and in your recent lecture with Dr Steven Pinker, was that far from 'killing … Continue reading Richard Dawkins interview (2000) →

[George Pelecanos is the author of the novels "A Firing Offence", "The Big Blowdown", "King Suckerman", "The Sweet Forever", "Shame the Devil", "Right as Rain" and "Hard Revolution", among others. He was also a writer and producer on the HBO television series "The Wire". You've probably heard of it...] OB: You recently worked on a … Continue reading George Pelecanos interview (2000) →