Thanks to David Bidwell of The Monster Company, we now have our hero tape recorder prop for Stop/Eject. It’s a classic eighties model, very similar to the one I had as a kid, which I had in mind when writing the script.

Last year we bought 400 empty cassette cases for a crucial scene in the film, but we still need more. Do you have some old cassette cases kicking around? Would you be kind enough to donate or lend these cases to the production? If so, please get in touch with me: neiloseman [at] googlemail.com.

Elsewhere in art department land, Sophie tells me that work is underway on the wooden carving for the top of the alcove set. And Katie keeps shopping for the Shopkeeper’s costume, so to speak. And you can’t get quicker than a Kwikfit fitter. And she sells seashells on the seashore. And so on.