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To learn of the recent passing of 80’s TV action star Lewis Collins this week from cancer left me absolutely gobsmacked. Having been (and continuing to be) a big fan of cult TV series The Professionals, where Collins played the role of ex-SAS man William Bodie, I felt like a piece of my childhood had been ripped away from me with his death...

I was saddened to learn of Stuart Wilde’s death on May 1st 2013 from an apparent heart attack while driving through rural Ireland. For the previous 4 years I had been a frequent visitor to his website both intrigued and engaged by his stories of visions and journeys into other worlds and dimensions. Written in his own unique style the articles were often quirky, thought provoking and layered with biographical hints and reference points which made reading them all the more thought-provoking and fascinating. Sometimes they were just plain downright strange and seemingly nonsensical; unable to be deciphered or anchored to any recognisable reference point in the collective world experience...

I was twelve years old when I got my first ‘proper’ skateboard, a pacer pharaoh from the local skateboard shop, Blythes. It was the spring of 1989 and I had fallen in love with a sport that would come to closely define the next 10 years of my life and continue to exert an impact on me for long afterwards...