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Phil W. Bayles

Serious ideas from a silly man.

12 July, 2021

There and Back Again

Or: How I Learned To Look At Old Haunts Through New Eyes
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Random Musings
24 February, 2021

In Russian, video game plays you!

Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Subtitles.
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Video Games
17 February, 2021

Dine & Dash

A silly story about a magic trick and a Hawaiian shirt.
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Writing
3 February, 2021

Why I love The West Wing's sublimely silly score

Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Optimism
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Film & TV
10 January, 2021

Drawing A Line Under Two Dots

Or: How I Learned I Have a Problem
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Random Musings, Video Games
21 December, 2020

Running Out of Coyote Time

Or: How I Learned to Embrace My Inner Cartoon Character
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Random Musings, Video Games
9 December, 2020

Kind Words from the Void

Or: How I Learned To Love The Kindness of Strangers
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Video Games
2 December, 2020

Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal is Beautiful, Brutish and Silent

Or: How I Learned A Picture Really Is Worth A Thousand Words.
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Film & TV
24 November, 2020

If You Love The Queen’s Gambit, Then Populaire Might Be Your Type of Movie

Or: How I Learned I Have Weird Taste in Sports Movies
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Film & TV
17 November, 2020

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana."

Or: How I Learned To Love A Ticking Clock
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Film & TV

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About The author

Phil W. Bayles has lived in Paris and London, where he’s written everything from movie reviews to mattress adverts. These days he lives in Derbyshire with his wife, his daughter and his cat. He writes very silly stories about very serious ideas, with the occasional poem to mix things up.

But what does the W stand for?

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