Craig Arthur
@craigarthurnz.bsky.social
50 years ago at this exact time today, I was watching #StarTrek for the first time, on New Zealand TV. Except we only had a black and white TV - not the vivid technicolour seen below. The guys in the darker grey uniforms were always those killed off. They began with season 2, 'Metamorphosis'.
September 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
50 years ago at this exact time today, I was watching #StarTrek for the first time, on New Zealand TV. Except we only had a black and white TV - not the vivid technicolour seen below. The guys in the darker grey uniforms were always those killed off. They began with season 2, 'Metamorphosis'.
A modern masterpiece worthy of James M Cain or Patricia Highsmith.
September 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
A modern masterpiece worthy of James M Cain or Patricia Highsmith.
#HonorBlackman would have turned 100 today.
August 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
#HonorBlackman would have turned 100 today.
The Lodger (1927).
July 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The Lodger (1927).
RIP #MartinCruzSmith. GORKY PARK remains a masterpiece.
July 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
RIP #MartinCruzSmith. GORKY PARK remains a masterpiece.
I've landed runner up in the Little Monroe literary magazine's novel excerpt contest for the second year running - for a different excerpt from the same novel-in-progress.
May 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I've landed runner up in the Little Monroe literary magazine's novel excerpt contest for the second year running - for a different excerpt from the same novel-in-progress.
They look reminiscent of the fairies from the photograph that fooled Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
April 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
They look reminiscent of the fairies from the photograph that fooled Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The Clean lyrics on Dunedin's George Street after the rain, en route to the Mystery In The Library event at Dunedin Public Library last week.
March 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Clean lyrics on Dunedin's George Street after the rain, en route to the Mystery In The Library event at Dunedin Public Library last week.
From launch for The Chills album Spring Board at Tūhura Otago Museum last night.
February 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
From launch for The Chills album Spring Board at Tūhura Otago Museum last night.
And this is the level of verisimilitude they went to: a poster that viewers of the eventual TV series probably won't even get to see. Poster from the wall beside the set ...
January 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
And this is the level of verisimilitude they went to: a poster that viewers of the eventual TV series probably won't even get to see. Poster from the wall beside the set ...
Florence Pugh in the flesh.
January 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Florence Pugh in the flesh.
Nice namecheck of NZ Flying Nun bands in 'The Name Of This Band is R.E.M.' by @peteramescarlin.bsky.social (Harper Collins, 2024).
January 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Nice namecheck of NZ Flying Nun bands in 'The Name Of This Band is R.E.M.' by @peteramescarlin.bsky.social (Harper Collins, 2024).
And here are some Wellington bylaws from an alleyway off Lambton Quay ...
January 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
And here are some Wellington bylaws from an alleyway off Lambton Quay ...
Principal photography on #Goldeneye began on this day 30 years ago.
January 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Principal photography on #Goldeneye began on this day 30 years ago.
The Smiths' Hatful Of Hollow. Released 40 years ago today.
November 12, 2024 at 9:52 AM
The Smiths' Hatful Of Hollow. Released 40 years ago today.