July Round-up

What I’ve been writing about this month; plus, 25% off paid subscriptions for one year.

Vandals gang leaders Johnny Davis (Tom Hardy, right) in discussion with his deputy, Brucie (Damon Herriman), in The Bikeriders (Universal Pictures).

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Rewound

For Rewound, I wrote this post on Reverend Wilbert V. Awdry’s first entry in The Railway Series, 1945’s The Three Railway Engines, and on what it meant for an Anglican curate and railway enthusiast to make engines alive.

The Three Railway Engines (1945)

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