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Lindsay Anderson's, O' Lucky Man, A Vigorous Robuster!

Posted by Dominic Kennedy 24Jun

Putting aside the fact that O’Lucky Man! is a very unique and individual satire on the state of England, covering the usual suspects of; North - South divide, the ruling class, power, poverty, corruption, social degeneration, what most excites the viewer is the sheer freedom of style and technique used to tell the story. What follows is a quivering selection of moments from the film to entice the reader into experiencing one of the best films ever made.

Is Your Story, Poem Missing From Kalkion?

Posted by Swapnil Bhartiya 03May

We recently upgraded Kalkion software and server which caused some broken links. It was a massive upgrade so minor bugs were expected. So, if you don't find your story or poem in Kalkion don't assume that it has been removed, it simply a minor bug and can be fixed. Just let us know and we will fix the problems with your story or poems. Send us an email with the name of your story or poem and we will try to restore it. Thanks.

You can send your questions to editor at kalkion dot com

Victoria Grefer's, The Crimson League

Posted by Patrick Dooley 01May

Set in Herezoth, a war-torn kingdom with a history of conflict between those born with magic and those without, "The Crimson League" is a story of adventure, grit, and sacrifice. Kora Porteg, a girl of humble origins, aids a resistance movement fighting to wrest control from a noble-born sorcerer who slew the royal family.

Dyslexic Author Brings Sherlock Holmes Back to Life

Posted by Patrick Dooley 28Mar

Having struggled with both physical and cultural limitations, Mohammad Bahareth has defied the odds – and now brings Sherlock Holmes back to life with his new book. Growing up in Jeddah, Mohammad was held back by the effects of Dyslexia, as well as a cultural and social system which didn’t approve of reading Western literature or divulging in foreign creativity.

Has Religion Become Boring?

Posted by Dominic Kennedy 27Mar

Ex-Arch Deacon, James Saville thinks so, citing it as the main reason why people are leaving the church.

"If you look at the Christian faith from the perspective that it is about 2,000 years old, it is then easy to understand the lack of attendance to church services and the upsurgence of interest in strange religious cults."

Noike, A Memoir, One Boy's Journey Through the Holocaust

Posted by Patrick Dooley 24Mar

With Holocaust Remembrance Day coming up on April 19, there's a new book on the shelves, Noike: A Memoir of Leon Ginsburg, One Boy's Remarkable Journey of Survival Through the Holocaust by Suzanne Ginsburg, is the harrowing account of Suzanne’s father, one of the “hidden children” of the Holocaust in WWII Poland. Known as a child by his Hebrew name, Noike, Leon Ginsburg is the only child survivor from Maciejow, which was a shtetl of 5,000 Jews in Eastern Poland, and is now part of the Ukraine. He survived by instinct, making the right split second decisions that saved his life over and over again.

The Younger Narrative

Posted by Kamiel Verwer 16Mar

It's five in the afternoon, incredible lighting makes the rocky mountain in front of me, across the stream, more majestic, more real. It is not easy to pick the right words to describe it, and artificial will it sound, but however weak and dimly pronounced, they are here, the words, marking a memory newer than all that came before it.

Rubbing up against Iain M Banks and Philip K Dick’s Martian Timeslip

Posted by Geoff Nelder 11Mar

One of the best aspects of going on vacation is having the time to read fiction (and write it, but that’s another story). For a Mars-fiction-related book group meeting coming up in my home town I read Martian Time-slip by Philip K. Dick. I am also reading Consider Phlebas, the first in Iain M Banks’ Culture science fiction.

Rick Santorum, He's Not Going To Be President, Is He?

Posted by Dominic Kennedy 24Feb

Rick Santorum, evangelical candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries, has been annoying women again. He's reiterated his views on abortion yet again whilst being interviewed by Piers Morgan. According to Santorum, women should see the unborn child of a rapist as a gift from God, as he puts it; "but nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life, and accept what God has given to you."

The Next World War

Posted by Kamiel Verwer 23Feb

This rant sprouts from the documentary film "Supermarket Secrets", a strong piece of investigative journalism concerning the UK food retail industry that came out a few years ago. I watched it with disbelief and tears in my eyes, disgust, then anger. This poor little apple that is not perfectly symmetrical, like the snobby faces of its sick consumers and the super-marketeers who rationalize their system by pointing at the "demand" of these consumers. This one misshapen apple, thrown to the pigs or left to rot while a billion people are starving, should enrage billions.

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