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" If you think about what 'The Killing' is, it is the theatrical production, not the script. "
David Hewson
Think
About
Production
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" Once you get over the culture shock, Filey is a pleasant spot, particularly at the beginning or end of the summer, when the hotels are half full. The brave go in winter, when the wind can be bitter and biting and Filey resumes its real life as a tiny, introverted fishing community. "
David Hewson
Brave
Community
Culture
" The list of Scarborough's rock credentials could go on forever. "
David Hewson
Forever
List
Rock
" In a sense, there is no such thing as a bargain in computing. Models which are popular sell for the price they are supposed to fetch for the best part of their product cycle. "
David Hewson
Price
Cycle
Sell
" The problem is not that the PC you need always costs more than you can afford. The problem is that whatever the price, it is still too much. "
David Hewson
Need
Problem
Too Much
" Romney Marsh remains one of the last great wildernesses of south-east England. Flat as a desert, and at times just as daunting, it is an odd, occasionally eerie wetland straddling the coastal borders of Kent and Sussex, rich in birds, local folklore and solitary medieval churches. "
David Hewson
Birds
Desert
Great
" The path from Hythe leads, for a little while, along the line of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway, whose 15in-gauge steam trains run throughout the year from Hythe to Dungeness. "
David Hewson
Year
Path
Railway
" Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses. "
David Hewson
Fishing
Past
Old
" In London, the home of the quick deal is that outer ring of the seven circles of hell, Tottenham Court Road, where, as a rule, finding something with an advertised price is as likely as spotting a mermaid under Vauxhall Bridge. "
David Hewson
Bridge
Finding
Hell
" The truth about the Costa del Sol is that what endures, what is worthwhile, is what is Spanish. "
David Hewson
Worthwhile
About
Spanish
" Opinions are 10 a penny. In the spin-driven, PR-controlled world of the 21st century, hard facts are rare indeed. "
David Hewson
World
Opinions
Facts
" The hearing test, which involved sitting in a quiet room listening to noises of various pitch played through headphones, confirmed the worst. I had no hearing in my left ear whatsoever. "
David Hewson
Listening
Quiet
Sitting
" Scripts are very different to books. They are blueprints for building, not the building. "
David Hewson
Building
Books
Scripts
" Alfriston is a compact village set around a rather traffic-weary High Street, mainly of old, timbered buildings. The principal sights lie to the east on the river side. "
David Hewson
Lie
River
Buildings
" TV has a three storyline structure, but 'The Killing' takes on that structure with such ambition. "
David Hewson
Takes
Structure
Ambition
" Historically, Macbeth is one of the greatest kings Scotland ever had. He was on the throne for 19 years, and he simply has this dreadful reputation because Shakespeare manipulated history for the benefit of James I, who was paying him to write the play to blacken Macbeth's name. "
David Hewson
Reputation
Play
Name
" Surprisingly few outsiders know about the Cuckmere Valley, and it is not uncommon for people to confuse Alfriston with Alfreton in the Derbyshire Peak District. "
David Hewson
Peak
Valley
Know
" Edam and Gouda are genuine Dutch cheeses, but the real thing is a lot less bland than the varieties most of us experience in the U.K. "
David Hewson
Us
Experience
Genuine
" Although I'm deaf in only my left ear, when there is noise all around, I'm unable to distinguish sounds and can't hear anything. "
David Hewson
Noise
Only
Left
" Why do we use flash at all? Because photography is not the same as eyesight. We can see in low-light situations where cameras, dependent upon a physical process to record visual information, are half blind. "
David Hewson
Photography
Blind
Process
" Nobody strikes a medal for the Royal Military Canal campaign any more, but a pint in the back bar of the ancient Mermaid Inn, perched in front of one of the biggest and oldest inglenooks you're ever likely to see, is its own reward. "
David Hewson
Own
Back
Nobody
" Flash turns up the optical volume so that whatever lies behind the lens - be it film or a digital sensor - is a little more receptive. "
David Hewson
Film
Digital
More
" There are any number of reasons for visiting Filey. The beach is clean, long, and rarely crowded. The countryside is bold and handsome, with one maritime feature that deserves to be better known: the long, thin rock finger of the Brigg, pointing into the chilly grey waters of the North Sea. "
David Hewson
Handsome
Beach
Better
" The English Channel is such a narrow little puddle, you cannot help wondering why no invader has succeeded in crossing it since 1066. "
David Hewson
Wondering
Help
Little
" Low light demanded 'fast' film, usually ISO 400 or higher; the fastest available would be about ISO 1000. When the sun was bright, you would reach for ISO 64 to avoid the burned-out look of overexposure. "
David Hewson
Fast
You
Sun
" The bronze dwarfs give you the first clue that Wroclaw is no ordinary city. They lurk all over the place, carousing outside pubs, snoring at the doors of hotels, peeking out from behind the bars of the old city jail. "
David Hewson
City
Doors
Jail
" Torremolinos has no Jesus Gil, no pretty little old town, and no resident celebrities to sing its praises. "
David Hewson
Jesus
Little
Old
" Lympne Castle opens its doors to visitors during the summer only. It is privately owned, and more an interesting medieval manor than a castle. "
David Hewson
Summer
Interesting
Doors
" Viral infections, such as mumps, rubella and meningitis, cause inflammation of the inner ear or auditory nerve, resulting in permanent damage. "
David Hewson
Damage
Inner
Ear
" I want to do more audio originals because I think that it is a fascinating medium. If you think about it, this is original storytelling. "
David Hewson
Think
More
You
" In Filey, you eat early to prepare for the highlight of the evening: social intercourse of a kind one thought relegated to Stanley Holloway monologues. "
David Hewson
Kind
Eat
Early