Tuesday, January 27, 2026

waiter, there's some wiener in my schnitzel

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One thing that struck me while reading Staying On was the whole business of the Smalleys living in a little annexe off a bigger hotel compl...
Monday, January 26, 2026

spacelebrity doggylikey of the day

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Just a quick one today - I have no idea what sequence of clicks sent me down the YouTube rabbit-hole that led to some detailed second-by-sec...

the last book I read

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Staying On by Paul Scott. It's the early 1970s, pretty nearly a full quarter of a century after Indian independence and the end of col...
Monday, January 12, 2026

rolled turkey has got me on the run

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I'm pretty sure that the last thing the world needs in January, or really at any time, is some more tips on cooking Christmas dinner, bu...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

stats the way, uh huh uh huh, I like it

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So here's part 2 of the annual book blogging stats round-up. Part 1 was the barely-there starter, a single quivering cube of beetroot j...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

the last book I read

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Grass by Sheri S Tepper. It is the distant future, a galaxy far far away , yadda yadda yadda. And is mankind living in some kind of shiny t...
Tuesday, January 06, 2026

buffering; please wait

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It occurred to me after re-reading my earlier parkrun post , which included a picture of me lumbering sweatily towards the finish of my firs...
Friday, January 02, 2026

and now for something completely different: a man with three BOTYs

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A few bits of traditional seasonal blog admin to get out of the way, so let's do the easier bit first: my annual Book Of The Year thing,...