Dan Jones

April, the crullest month? Not on your nelly

I always have a little think about TS Eliot’s The Wasteland at some point in April. Them’s the breaks when you’re a bit of a literature nerd, I’m afraid. For anyone else who fancies a wander through Eliot’s masterpiece as the flowers push themselves through the earth and try again for another year, here areContinue reading “April, the crullest month? Not on your nelly”

Culture Trumps Science

All civilisations have had people dedicated to learning, and the furtherment of human knowledge, effectiveness, efficiency and technology. But that isn’t necessarily science, and that doesn’t mean that every society can be, or has been, scientific. One only has to look at the incredible advances in technology made since the advent of real, Cartesian scientificContinue reading “Culture Trumps Science”

The Green Man is on Pre-Order Now

The Green Man is now available to pre-order at all good bookshops, including Amazon, Waterstones, Portbello, WHSmiths, and more! The Green Man is a historical fiction novel with a supernatural edge. Imagine Agents Mulder and Scully as medieval monks and you’re on the right path. I’ve used old English mythology, Christian myth and symbolism, andContinue reading “The Green Man is on Pre-Order Now”

Chronscast Episode 27 – New Rock New Role with Richard Sparks

Following our last episode with Richard Sparks on The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, in which we must have mentioned The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy at least, ooh, I don’t know, at least three times, and after which we lost radio contact with Brian Sexton after he was devoured by the Black Sinkhole ofContinue reading “Chronscast Episode 27 – New Rock New Role with Richard Sparks”

A Race To The Bottom in 120 Days of Sodom

In a recent interview with Jordan Peterson, the writer and self-confessed anarchist Michael Malice confessed that he could not for the life of him understand the rationale behind the wicked crimes that were perpetrated by the grooming-and-rape gangs in the UK, which has received so much media attention recently owing to Elon Musk’s re-exposure ofContinue reading “A Race To The Bottom in 120 Days of Sodom”

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy! With Richard Sparks

Chronscast Episode 26 The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is one of those rare cult texts that someone, against all received wisdom, somehow transcends the limits of its nerdy little corner of the subculture and breaks free to permeate the culture at large, unfettered by things like common sense or style.

Green Man Out April 27th

The Green Man is finally getting it’s publication date, on April 27th 2025. It’s taken a long long time to get to this milestone, since first starting the book in 2017, and then putting it down, picking it up back up during the pandemic lockdown, and finally selling it to Stephen Games and the teamContinue reading “Green Man Out April 27th”

New Sky Empire video “The Last Days Of Planet Fantasy” out now

Sky Empire released our latest video last week, for “The Last Days of Planet Fantasy”. TLDOPF is one of the two instrumental tracks from our 2023 album The Shifting Tectonic Plates Of Power, and we recorded it in a lockdown-style performance. Remi is ensconsced away in France for the time being, so it’s hard toContinue reading “New Sky Empire video “The Last Days Of Planet Fantasy” out now”

Chronscast 2022 Review

It’s hard to believe that Chronscast has been going for a year now – it seems only a few days ago that Christopher and I started a recording session with Stephen Palmer to talk about Northern Lights, when in actual fact it was November 2021. I’m very proud and grateful that our team – Bean, Brian Sexton and TheContinue reading “Chronscast 2022 Review”

Chronscast Episode 12 – A Ghost Story For Christmas, with Alison Littlewood

As the nights draw in and we approach the midwinter, what better way to celebrate the season than dipping into that most macabre of festive traditions, the Christmas ghost story? While we’re all familiar with Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, more modern traditions include the BBC’s A Ghost Story For Christmas, adaptations of typically M.R JamesContinue reading “Chronscast Episode 12 – A Ghost Story For Christmas, with Alison Littlewood”