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I seem to have acquired a couple of Christmas additions to the whisky cupboard, so here they are. Actually the first one doesn't really ...

A Dark-Adapted Eye by Barbara Vine. Just to get the obvious stuff out of the way first, there isn't actually any such person as Barbara...

We went over to Cardiff last night to sample the BLOOD-RED RAW GLADIATORIAL COMBAT that is LIVE SNOOKER. The Welsh Institute of Sport were ...

Here's a curious thing - we've had the usual lot of misdirected Christmas post through the door this year, but one item in particula...

Just a couple of further nuggets regarding the passing of Oral Roberts : firstly an update on the name. There is some evidence that the name...

It would be remiss of me, particularly after my ill-concealed glee over Jerry Falwell's demise a while back, to fail to mention the dea...

You'll remember that lovable Irish charlatan and magic bean salesman Sean McCarthy and his company Steorn were going to have some excit...

In commemoration of the final of creepily evil orchestra-backed pub karaoke competition X Factor at the weekend, I offer you a couple of ...

The Gate Of Angels by Penelope Fitzgerald. In an earlier review I suggested that there was a group of British female novelists of "a ...

A couple of footnotes to previous posts: In correctly adding Mahela Jayawardene to the multiple 250+ scores list I omitted to mention that...

Good As Gold by Joseph Heller. I alluded in my post about The Unbearable Lightness Of Being to there being a small number of books on my s...

This sort of thing really is the lowest form of wit, but in heartily recommending the Thai House in the centre of Cardiff for their excelle...

Nice to see I wasn't the only one who spotted the rich comic potential of A.N. Wilson's piece in the Daily Mail a month or so ago...

Some quick notes on our expedition to conquer the Blorenge on Saturday: Firstly, yes, it rhymes with orange . Some say there are other word...

You've got to know when it's time to move on. You can't keep tinkering, changing something here, patching up something there, ho...

The fascinating Test series between India and Sri Lanka which is currently in progress has already provided a few statistical highlights for...

You remember The Corrs ? With their dancey-pop-folk-rock tunes ploughing an unerring laser-calibrated furrow down the middle of the road? Ev...

Two things spring to mind seeing this headline on the BBC website : Firstly, that's not particulary newsworthy, surely? Prisons are big ...

Here's a little exercise in scepticism and critical thinking for you, just to demonstrate how important it is, and how it is in fact the...

A couple of drink-related things for you. Firstly, I purchased a four-pack of Brains SA from Tesco the other day. Nothing very unusual in t...