Site Theme
Eventually, the site will trace the development of the Renaissance from, amongst others, Leonardo da Vinci, Copernicus, Rembrandt, Shakespeare through to the 20th and 21st Centuries and Kate Bush, HP Lovecraft, Einstein, Clark Ashton Smith and the first manned exploration of the planet Mars.
In addition to celebrating scientific acheivements of all ages, the site will also focus on the arts and literature
Currently, this site contains:
A 'Most' list of exceptionally good or bad achievements
A collection of images that have been modified in various ways. The site is built around a number of series of images such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Humour, Fashion, London, Celebrity, Stratford Upon Avon, Art, Morphs and Stone Circles
The Site is also decomposed into various image groups such as Rising Yen, Shining, Stonehenge, Famous, Painting, Couture and Domicile.
The collection is broken down into these Series
Lighthearted: Humour
Fashion: Fashion
London: London
Celebrity: Celebrity
Stratford-upon-Avon: Stratford-upon-Avon
Art: Art
Fun: Fun
Places: Places
Office: Office
Poster (various edits): Posters
Morphs (of people into monsters, etc): Morphs
Stones (including Stonehenge and Avebury): Stones
Eclipse (August 1999 in the UK): Eclipse
S and C: S and C
Watercolour: Watercolour
Misc (everything else): Misc
Battersea, London (not just the power station and Peace Pagoda): Battersea
Hampstead, West London: Hampstead
Star Wars (various superimpositions): Star Wars
Star Trek (various superimpositions): Star Trek
Lord of the Rings (various superimpositions): Lord of the Rings
Slash and Strange (real life stills and videos): Slash and Strange
And these groups
Dolphin: Dolphin
Shining: Shining
Stonehenge: Stonehenge
Famous People: Famous People
Painting: Paintings
Couture: Couture
Rising Yen: Rising Yen
Bollard: Bollard
Etc (everything else): Etc
Septica: Septica
SIM: Sim
Ivory: Ivory
Location: Location
Fantasy (mainly effects): Fantasy
Domicile: Domicile
Royal Shakespeare Company: Royal Shakespeare Company
Ueshiba: Ueshiba
Cocoa: Cocoa
PP: PP
Swiss: Swiss
Cheese and Wine: Cheese and Wine
Fish: Fish
Most
Most inappropriately named hotel: 'The Big Sleep Hotel' In Cheltenham, England? - because in Raymond Chandler's novel 'The Big Sleep' meant 'Death'. 'Death Hotel' is not the best of names for a hotel. Even worse than the Bates Motel.
Most contriving plotter of detective novels: Agatha Christie? Because of her overly complicated plots with cardboard characters. Still, there's no arguing with success.
Most inspired fictional detective: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes or should that be Edgar Allan Poe's Dupin? Both inhabit a dark, credible world.
Most underrated Science Fiction writers: H P Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith? For highly imaginative stories from the 1930s.
Most hiliarious science fiction comedy: Stanislav Lem's The Cyberiad? So much more inspired than the later Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.
Most underrated play by Shakespeare: Cymbeline?
Most pointless remake of a film: Solaris (2003) Why bother doing this when Tarkovsky's 1972 original was so very good?
Most impressive monster horror film for its day: Original King Kong with Fay Wray?
Most inspired post war British comedian: Tony Hancock?
Most ineptly designed theatre: Elizabeth Scott's 1932 (and still standing) Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England?
Total pages on site: 2,111 !
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2007
Obsolete pages (AE series) (if you link to any of these please update to the new version (AF series) instead as the
obsolete ones will soon be deleted): Obsolete pages