Dan Whitehead
@danwhitehead
Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, Disney, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie, Terrahawks, and Minecraft. Currently : Thunderbirds! Site: danwhitehead.net
Cheeky little Cash Converters bargain. £10 for seven consecutive issues.
In my macabre head-canon, Phantom Thread is a prequel about how Withnail’s parents met (and why he’s so fucked up).
Yeeeeah. Starting to think ill-informed pedantry might not be their worst trait.
Given that even in 2026 the UK Parliament cannot begin until this procession arrives and someone called Black Rod knocks on the door with a special stick, I think there's a strong argument to be made that "MP's are allowed to wear a bin on their head" is a perfectly acceptable accommodation to make.
Both aesthetically and intellectually, he seems very aligned with dadaism.
If you want to know Why We're All Like This, here's a British schools programme from 1982 with folk music legend Dave Arthur gleefully linking phantom hitchhiker stories to the actual Yorkshire Ripper. Bear in mind, this wasn't just a kids TV show - it was made specifically to be shown IN SCHOOLS.
