Bibliography

BOOKS
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• Scotland's Christmas: Special Edition: Festive Celebrations, Traditions and Customs in Scotland from Samhain to Still Game (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2023) [with Murray Cook].
• Scotland's Christmas: Festive Celebrations, Traditions and Customs in Scotland from Samhain to Still Game (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2023) [with Murray Cook].
• A Totally Bodacious Nineties Christmas: Festive Cinema of the 1990s (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2022).
• Secrets and Mysteries of the Heart 200 Route (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2021) [with Julie Christie].
• A Very Spectrum Christmas: Celebrating Seasonal Software on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2021).
• The Heart 200 Book: A Companion Guide to Scotland's Most Exciting Road Trip (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2020) [with Julie Christie].
• The Golden Age of Christmas Movies: Festive Cinema of the 1940s and 50s (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2019).
• John Hughes FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Man Behind the Movies (New York: Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 2019).
• Contested Mindscapes: Exploring Approaches to Dementia in Modern Popular Culture (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2018).
• A Righteously Awesome Eighties Christmas: Festive Cinema of the 1980s (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2016).
• The James Bond Movies of the 1980s, 2nd edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2016).
• The Spectrum of Adventure: A Brief History of Interactive Fiction on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2016).
• Mel Brooks: Genius and Loving It!: Freedom and Liberation in the Cinema of Mel Brooks (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2015).
• The Christmas Movie Book, rev. edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2015).
• The James Bond Movies of the 1980s, 1st edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2013).
• John Hughes and Eighties Cinema: Teenage Hopes and American Dreams, 4th edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2013).
• The Shadow in the Gallery (Stirling: Stirling Smith Publications, 2013).
• Notional Identities: Ideology, Genre and National Identity in Popular Scottish Fiction Since the Seventies (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013).
• John Hughes and Eighties Cinema: Teenage Hopes and American Dreams, 3rd edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2012).
• Liv Tyler, Star in Ascendance: Her First Decade in Film, Amazon Kindle edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2011).
• The Christmas Movie Book (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2011).
• John Hughes and Eighties Cinema: Teenage Hopes and American Dreams, 2nd edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2011).
• The Cinema of Richard Linklater, 2nd edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2011).
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: The Pocket Movie Guide (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2010).
• John Hughes and Eighties Cinema: Teenage Hopes and American Dreams, 1st edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2009).
• The Cinema of Richard Linklater, 1st edn (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2008).
• Liv Tyler, Star in Ascendance: Her First Decade in Film (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2007).

CHAPTERS, SHORT WORKS, ARTICLES AND FEATURES

• ‘The Beheading Stone of Mote Hill’, in Stirling Legends, edited by Zillah J. Jamieson (Stirling: Extremis Publishing, 2022), pp.37-43.
• ‘Seven Hidden History Gems on the Heart 200’, in History Scotland, 30 March 2020 [with Julie Christie].
• ‘The Route Guide’, in The Official Heart 200 Website, 1 July 2019.
• ‘The Film & TV Guide’, in The Official Heart 200 Website, 1 July 2019.
• ‘Displaced Thoughts on Shifting Landscapes: Brian Griffith’s Memoirs of Dementia’, in The Dementia Festival of Ideas Blog, The University of Stirling, 20 March 2015.
• ‘The Benefits of Laughter: Mandy Nolan and Stand Up for Dementia’, in The Dementia Festival of Ideas Blog, The University of Stirling, 19 March 2015.
• ‘Lost Property and Misplaced Memories: Ian Kershaw's Lost and Found’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 19 March 2015.
• ‘The Operatic Faculty of Dementia: John O’Hara and Karen Hayes’s The Bargee’s Wife’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 6 January 2015.
• ‘Sculpting the Intangible: Karoline Hinz's Dementia’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 24 November 2014.
• ‘Digital Interpretations of Dementia: The Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Mel Croucher’s iD’, in DIAMetric, 10 November 2014.
• ‘Urban Gothic and Urbane Gotham: The Curious Case of Batman and Dementia’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 19 October 2014.
• ‘Spotlight on Dementia: Joseph Travers's Gran Dram Project’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 19 October 2014.
• ‘Weaving Dreams and Spinning Tales: Inside the Alzheimer’s Story Starters App’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 9 October 2014.
• ‘Murder, He Thought: Investigating Nicolas Boukhrief's Cortex’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 31 August 2014.
• ‘Where Delirium Defies Euphoria: Owl City's "Dementia"’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 25 August 2014.
• ‘Mind Games: Exploring the Dementia Game App’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 20 August 2014.
• ‘Visual Art in Action: "Taking a View" at Yorkshire Sculpture Park’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 8 August 2014.
• ‘Memory Blocks: Can Tetris Combat the Advance of Dementia?’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 3 August 2014.
• ‘Walking Down Memory Lane: Blackpool's Innovative Reminiscence Masterpiece’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 22 July 2014.
• ‘Far From Elementary: Mitchell and Webb, Sherlock Holmes and Dementia’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 16 July 2014.
• ‘Memories Lost, Memories Gained: Ed Sheeran's Afire Love’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 2 July 2014.
• ‘A Rarefied Existence: Perceptions of Reality in Jackie Kay's Mind Away’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 30 May 2014.
• ‘Nostalgia on the Air: Internet Radio and Reminiscence’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 30 May 2014.
• ‘Touching the Sky from Solid Ground’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 30 April 2014.
• ‘Put on Your Thinking App: How Mobile Devices are Revolutionising Dementia Care’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 26 February 2014.
• ‘The Dead Space Games: Outer Space and Inner Turmoil’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 3 February 2014.
• ‘Dementia's Final Frontier: Portrayals of Dementia in Star Trek’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 29 January 2014.
• ‘Keeping Mum: Dementia and the Pathos of Situation Comedy’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 20 January 2014.
• ‘Dr Demento: Mental Health and the Comedy of Bad Taste Music’, in DIAMetric, The University of Stirling, 10 January 2014.
• ‘A Scanner Darkly’, in Blade Runner and the Cinema of Philip K. Dick, 2nd edn, edited by Jeremy Mark Robinson (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2011), pp. 202-10.
• ‘George Buchanan’, in A Cloud of Witnesses: From Saints to Suffragettes Around Stirling, edited by Thomas A. Christie and Margaret L. Lovett (Stirling: Robert Greene Publishing, 2011), pp. 17-19.
• ‘The Drummond Family’, in A Cloud of Witnesses: From Saints to Suffragettes Around Stirling, edited by Thomas A. Christie and Margaret L. Lovett (Stirling: Robert Greene Publishing, 2011), pp. 36-38.
• ‘A Scanner Darkly’, in Blade Runner and the Cinema of Philip K. Dick, 1st edn, edited by Jeremy Mark Robinson (Maidstone: Crescent Moon Publishing, 2008), pp. 175-83.
• Legends of the Smith: Michael McGinnes (Stirling: Stirling Smith Publications, 2007).
• Legends of the Smith: Joseph McNaughton (Stirling: Stirling Smith Publications, 2007).
• Legends of the Smith: James Sword (Stirling: Stirling Smith Publications, 2007).
• Legends of the Smith: Alexander Croall (Stirling: Stirling Smith Publications, 2007).
• ‘The Slumbering Prophecy’, in La Belle de la Bibliothèque, edited by Mark Lane (Wellingborough: Dogma Publications, 2003), p. 27.
• ‘S*M*A*S*H*E*D’, in Amstrad Action, Issue 84, September 1992, p. 37.
• ‘The Trial of Arnold Blackwood’, in Amstrad Action, Issue 80, May 1992, p. 39.
• ‘Grange Hill’ in Amstrad Action, Issue 77, February 1992, p. 45.
• ‘The Mystery of Arkham Manor’, in Amstrad Action, Issue 66, March 1991, p. 65.

EDITORIAL WORK AND TEXT MANAGEMENT

• A Cloud of Witnesses: From Saints to Suffragettes Around Stirling, co-edited with Margaret L. Lovett (Stirling: Robert Greene Publishing, 2011).
• Elspeth King, Old Stirling (Catrine: Stenlake Publishing, 2009).
• Elspeth King, Legends of the Smith: Annie Croall (Stirling: Stirling Smith Publications, 2007).
• Elspeth King, Legends of the Smith: Thomas Stuart Smith (Stirling: Stirling Smith Publications, 2007).
• Alison Giles and Anne Bailey, editors, The Stirling Women's Oral History Archive, Volumes I-VI (Stirling: Stirling Smith Publications, 2007).