making excuses

I'm letting a backlog of posts build up here - you're due to hear all about last week's seminars, a fascinating talk I attended as part of the Manchester Literature Festival, and (very soon) next week's seminars... I'm frantically working on my first workshop submission, though, so you'll have to hang on a bit - muchos apologies.  If you need something to keep you entertained in the meantime, all I can say is FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AVOID THE NEW TERRY GILLIAM.  Seriously.  Heath Ledger notwithstanding.  Baaaaad.