Music lover and bestselling author Ian Rankin seems to be just one of many Radiohead fans who have yet to receive their deluxe edition of King Of Limbs. Here he explains why a Kafkaesque palava has left him disillusioned with the band. This is the story of two global corporations, one of...
We are back in the Rankin/Bass cinematic universe!Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in Julyis in many ways a prototype to the Avengers-style team-up modern audiences are used to, a convergence of beloved heroes such as Rudolph, Frosty, Big Ben, Jack Frost, and Mickey Rooney’s Santa. It ...
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EdgarawardforResurrectionMen.HehasalsobeenshortlistedfortheAnthonyAwardsintheUSA,andwonDenmark’sPalleRosenkrantzPrize,the FrenchGrandPrixduRomanNoirandtheDeutscherKrimipreis.IanRankinisalsotherecipientofhonorarydegreesfromtheuniversitiesofAbertay,StAndrews,Edinburgh,HullandtheOpenUniversity. AcontributortoBBC2’s...