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Jonathan Melville

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  • Content Producer and Arts Journalist, Freelance
Edinburgh
As seen in: CNN, Medium, MSN, MSN Canada, MSN UK, Bangalore Mirror, The Guardian, La Vanguardia, Metro (UK), Substack and
Screen industry training / Author @kindofmagicbook + @tremorsguide + @localherobook + books on Hamish Macbeth & Jim Henson

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It’s okay to run slowly – in fact it has plenty of benefits

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By Dan Gordon, Jonathan Melville Verified
| InterAksyon Verified
Image by Jozsef Hocza via Unsplash Runners are obsessed with time. Amateur or professional, for most avid runners the aim is to get faster – constantly training in order to shave even just a couple of seconds off their marathon time or 5K pace. But one running trend that’s started to gain a foothold in recent years is that of “slow running”. The idea behind the slow running movement is that anyone can run – no matter your ability or how fast you run.
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Rainbow Connections: Volume One available 31st July

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By Jonathan Melville Verified
| Substack
This is a short(ish) post for anyone interested in receiving updates on my forthcoming book, Rainbow Connections: Volume One - Meeting the People Who Brought Jim Henson’s Vision to Life, on sale 31st July 2025.
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From Fan to Author: How Writing a Book About Tremors Changed My Career

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By Jonathan Melville Verified
| Medium
In 2015, I did something that changed the trajectory of my career: I published a 90,000-word book about the 1990 film Tremors. At the time, I was writing short-form content — articles, reviews, blog posts. I’d contributed a feature on Tremors to SFX Magazine, and I realised there was more to explore. I was a fan of the film, I had a few contacts and I had a hunch that there might be an audience out there who wanted to know how a low-budget monster movie became a cult favourite.
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