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A Question Of Upbringing by Anthony Powell. Ah, schooldays. It doesn't take much for one's mind to be cast back there: the endless ...

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...

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...

I've got two for you today, which it seems to me fall into the categories, respectively, Fairly Commonplace and Incredibly Niche, althou...

One thing I did find myself occasionally doing while reading Dalva is referring to the Northridge family tree to remind myself which of the...

Hey, we haven't done one of these for a while (three-and-a-half years or so in fact ), but I was struck by the loose yet funky tune that...

Today's pair are my son Huw and 1970s yellow cartoon weirdo Bod . Small skinny-legged person, three-letter name, voluminous upper garmen...

I experienced a jarring moment while reading about the upcoming change in presenter on the Radio 2 breakfast show. I should make it clear th...

You might recall that when I reviewed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy here a while ago I mentioned that I'd seen the highly-regarded 2011 fil...

One other thing, also tangentially book-related: we went to a family gathering last week and it was held in the Community Centre in the vi...

You might recall my doomed attempts to remember some identifying details about some long-ago and dimly-remembered TV advertising tag lines ...

Red Bull Formula 1 head honcho Christian Horner, currently *cough* in the midst of some, erm, personal issues , and Scottish comedian and i...

I'm sure that you, like me, are a deeply tedious and unappealing person to be with at parties owing to your propensity for offering up ...

I tell you what, the life of a tedious atheist is not an easy one, especially at Christmas. I know I don't complain much about it on he...

Endless Night by Agatha Christie.  Mike Rogers is a little bit WHOOOAAA, a little bit WHEEEYYY; he is, in short, a geezer . Well, perhaps t...

I can't remember how I came across this video featuring former Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic (among others, including Soundgarden gu...

Last Bus To Woodstock by Colin Dexter.  Meet Morse. He's a maverick Detective Chief Inspector with a thirst for real ale, cryptic cross...

Here's one for the COINCIDENCE? OR IS IT?* files:  Adjourn to bed and pick up my current book (featuring trees prominently as a narrativ...

A couple of footnotes to the last post - I have no idea how likely Siss and Unn are as names for young girls in 1960s Norway ( The Ice Pala...