I’ve been reading again (at the moment it’s Hans Fallada’s ‘Alone in Berlin’) and listening to lots of great podcasts about books. On the way in to work this morning, I was listening to Mariella Frostrup discuss Lionel Shriver’s new novel with that author. Later on in the piece they mentioned a book called...
Read more →A couple of weeks ago I took out ‘the Martian Chronicles’ from our local library. I first read them years ago, along with Fahrenheit 451. I read both too quickly back then, and enjoyed the Martian Chronicles much more the second time, especially There Will Come Soft Rains. I was surprised to hear that...
Read more →I’ve just finished reading ‘The Sea, The Sea’ by Iris Murdoch, which I have really enjoyed. I thought I’d read some of the things that others thought, and there are some really interesting ideas in the links below. For what it’s worth – I really enjoyed reading about Charles Arrowby’s self deception. There are...
Read more →Guardian Science fiction roundup – reviews http://gu.com/p/36k5k After the fall etc looks especially good. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce – review http://gu.com/p/36jcm
Read more →Got to love The Guardian. The neuroscience of Bob Dylan’s genius http://gu.com/p/36kg2
Read more →Phew! I did it! 5k, 200 lengths in 1 hour and 37 minutes – I take that to be about 28.5 secs per length on average.
Read more →Whilst many of the other exampes on www.mydavidcameron.com make one titter, this example is a stroke of genius. The choice of picture alone is worth a million quid, pre-international exhange rate fluctuation quids too. The caption is great, but it’s not until you read the tag line that you realise that you have witnessed...
Read more →I just spent a very happy half hour reading some of Kevin McKenna’s contributions to the guardian. I agree with every word, it was a bit of a revelation. Take a look at the one about private schools. If it weren’t for Mr McKenna’s obvious talent and writing skill, I could have written that.
Read more →http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8423043.stm Look, I’ve never been in this position, and I don’t know how I would react if this happened to me, but I’m damn sure that I don’t want to live in a country where people can be chased into the street and beaten by members of the public, no matter what those people...
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