Matt Beynon Rees's Blog

• Scene of the Crime

  November 26, 2009

  • I went back to the spot where I killed my first man yesterday. I killed him four years ago. I return every few months. Each time I arrive, it’s so peaceful I can’t believe anyone really died. But, even though I’m a writer of crime fiction, someone really did. I walked across a dirt lot, puddled with the afternoon rain, past the empty reservoir at the head of the valley. Below me the ...
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• Where BBC radio producers get their ideas

  November 25, 2009

  • I was invited to appear on a BBC World Service programme last weekend. If you’ve ever wondered how radio producers feed their on-air people interesting information about their guests (thus enabling them to create a breezy “chemistry” and to relate the day’s news stories to the knowledge or experience of the guest), here’s the questionnaire sent to me for The World Today by Affan ...
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• Why Israelis pick Tarantino over Spielberg

  November 23, 2009

  • <span style="font-weight:bold;">Latent shame over the Jews' failure to stand up to the Nazis is cited as a reason for the success of "Inglourious Basterds." </span>By Matt Beynon Rees - <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/general/091118/israel-holocaust-tarantino-spielberg?page=0,0">GlobalPost</a> JERUSALEM, Israel — Quentin ...
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