Author Archives: Ian

About Ian

A keen fan of His Dark Materials and Philip Pullman. Assistant to Paul Temple and Sir Graham Forbes.

Birmingham Rep to stage His Dark Materials

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Ian

The Birmingham Repertory Theatre is to stage the His Dark Materials stage play next year (2009) according to the Birmingham Post. The play which will have a respectable run of four weeks between March 13th and April 11th next year, … Continue reading →

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Humanist Videos

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ian

The website of the British Humanist Association features a number of videos by Philip Pullman in its educational section discussing amongst other things The importance of human nature ‘What do we mean by behaving well?’, ‘Humanists and the Golden Rule’, … Continue reading →

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DFC Scans

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ian

As promised, here are the scanned images from last Saturday’s Guardian newspaper preview of the DFC comic. Simply click on the thumbnails to enlarge them. The DFC are currently offering 4 issues of the comic absolutely free. Click here for … Continue reading →

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Pullman in Virginia

Posted on May 29, 2008 by Ian

According to the Barnes and Noble website, Philip Pullman is to appear at Golden Compass book event at one of their stores in Virginia, USA. Very little detail is available, other than the fact that this is scheduled to take … Continue reading →

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Indepedent profiles Pullman

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Ian

Last Sunday’s Independent newspaper features an extensive profile of Philip Pullman by writer Cole Moreton as a preview to the DFC. The article which seems to extensively question the influence of Pullman’s father on his life and work makes for … Continue reading →

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