THE DELUSIONALS

Life as it might be known

  • Blowing in the Wind (2001, Song)

    When Lionel Richie joined forces with his friend James Dyson, vacuum manufacturer, to record this version of Bob Dylan’s 60s classic neither of them could have predicted it would be a smash hit in Russia.  Sadly even when the song was re-released with the video they recorded in Moscow it failed to chart elsewhere. Read more

  • A Cruel Headwind (1993, Film)

    This little known action-adventure proved to be Scottish politician George Galloway’s one and only foray into cinema. Better known for his outspoken views on the Iraq war, Galloway and co-star Ali MacGraw (Love Story, 1970) re-enact the real-life tragedy of hitch-hikers Willy and Nelly Butler, who wandered off the beaten track while hiking in Northern Read more

  • Purley Way (1981, TV Series)

    Mark Hamill’s Charlie Purley may have been a poor substitute for Robert Lindsay’s Wolfie Smith, the character Purley seemed created to ape, but this oddity from the early 80s still offers a few special moments from the golden age of TV. As his Hollywood career seemed stalled Hamill threw himself into a number of  TV roles: Read more

  • Santa Barbara (2001, Novel)

    The first and to date only novel by actor Sean Bean, Santa Barbara is a contemporary retelling of the life of St Barbara, The Great Martyr, revered in the Eastern Orthodox church. Bean conceives of St Barbara as growing up in the modern city of Santa Barbara on the Californian coast and starting a band Read more

  • Road Puss (1983, Public Information Film)

    1983 was almost the year of the hover-car. Developed in secret by the British entrepreneur Clive Sinclair, the low flying aerial vehicle named ‘Road Puss’ was capable of travelling at 35 mph. Unfortunately Sinclair underestimated the effect of crosswinds and it failed final tests on the Forth Road bridge. The prototype was cast into oblivion Read more