Category Archives: I Didn’t say That Did I? – Paul Brazill

I Didn’t Say That, Did I ?: Alfred Burke – The Public Eye

By P D Brazill

While we think of sixties and seventies TV cops as sophisticated post James Bonds,  Frank Marker, who  was played so brilliantly by Alfred Burke in the sixties television series PUBLIC EYE was no Simon Templar, Jason King or John Steed, I can tell you.

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I Didn’t Say That, Did I? : Granton City Press are the hot young turks of PULP!

by Paul D Brazill

Granton City Press mastermind Calvin Daniels has banded together a bunch of talented writers Continue reading I Didn’t Say That, Did I? : Granton City Press are the hot young turks of PULP!

I DIDN’T SAY THAT, DID I?: Review: 21 Tales Of Dark Suspense By Dave Zeltserman

Can you imagine getting drunk with Jim Thompson, O Henry and Roald Dahl? Can you imagine the rush, the Continue reading I DIDN’T SAY THAT, DID I?: Review: 21 Tales Of Dark Suspense By Dave Zeltserman

I Didn’t Say That, Did I?: BRIT GRIT by Paul D. Brazill

America may well be the  official home of pulp and noir but the United Kingdom, long  perceived as the land of Continue reading I Didn’t Say That, Did I?: BRIT GRIT by Paul D. Brazill

I Didn’t Say That, Did I?: NEEDLE – A MAGAZINE OF NOIR # 2

Steve Weddle is a top crime writer and also the criminal master mind behind Continue reading I Didn’t Say That, Did I?: NEEDLE – A MAGAZINE OF NOIR # 2

I Didn’t Say That Did I?: It’s a CRACKER!

by Paul D Brazill.


Oh Manchester, so much to answer fer.

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I Didn’t Say That, Did I? : Rebels Without Claws by Paul D. Brazill

Dexy’s Midnight Runners once sang that ‘The only way to change things/ Is to shoot men who arrange things’

What? You mean singing a pop song isn’t a major revolutionary act?

Try telling that to the all-mouth-and-trousers bunch of so called rebels that are rock stars.

Famous ‘working class hero’- okay middle-class art student turned multi-millionaire – John Lennon really proved his worth as a rebel when it came to the Vietnam War. What did his missus do to stop all that death and destruction? That’s right, they went to bed had a kip! Well, that’ll sort that out, then!

Lennon was clearly bogus of course. This was man with a white Rolls Royce who sang about having no possessions. A wife beater who wanted us to ‘give peace a chance’. Instant Karma, indeed!

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I Didn’t Say That Did I –July 2010. Book Reviews.

Long Time Dead by Tony Black.

In Tony Black’s Long Time Dead , journalist turned reluctant private investigator Gus Dury is in the gutter again but he’s still looking at the stars, albeit through the bottom of a bottle of whisky.

Long Time Dead starts off with Gus waking up in hospital, after a particularly prolific drinking session, and being told that he’s close to knocking on heaven’s door. Gus, of Continue reading I Didn’t Say That Did I –July 2010. Book Reviews.

The Big Bamboozler speaks! – The Musings Of Paul D Brazill

And There?s More … By Paul Brazill

Posted by Jason Michel on June 13, 2010 at 11:34 AM Comments comments (0)
In his introduction for the crime anthology KILLER YEAR, the thriller writer Lee Child talks about buying records as a working class lad in 1960’s England. At the time, 45 rpm singles cost an ‘affordable’ six shillings and eightpence  but LP records cost so much more that they were a twice a year only event – birthdays and Christmas. Continue reading The Big Bamboozler speaks! – The Musings Of Paul D Brazill