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It appears, tragically, that the story of Percy Foster , dwarf, porn star and Gordon Ramsay lookeylikey, and his tragic death in a badger se...

Following on from my pointless bitching at the tail-end of the last post , here's another thing that always strikes me as odd - more in ...

I've now seen a couple of trailers for the English-language version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo , and, well, it looks like it m...

I think it's perhaps time for a bit of a round-up of some recent religious lunacy. Remember, I seek this stuff out so that you don't...

Children Of Darkness And Light by Nicholas Mosley. Harry is a journalist, slightly rumpled and morally compromised and borderline alcoholic...

Kudos to legendary American rock band REM for bowing out with dignity this week, rather than just milking it on the live circuit for the n...

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. A bit of a rum cove, Robert Neville. Holed up in his house drinking whisky and obsessively sharpening bits...

The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. A bit of a rum cove, Tom Ripley. Fingers in pies, a few little shady ventures on the go, mo...

Let's clear up the last two un-sampled whiskies in the cupboard. These just happen both to be blends, so it seems only right to do them ...

The latest of the many tributes to recently demised broadcaster Robert Robinson was this programme broadcast in the 9am post- Today slot o...

Marriage: it's a wonderful institution. But I don't want to live in an institution! Also, marriage: it's not a word, it's a ...

Notice by Heather Lewis. Having a bad day? Our un-named narrator here is having a worse one, a whole unending succession of them in fact...

Strange news today as the Libyan rebel forces sweep through the former Tripoli stronghold of Colonel Gaddafi . While Gaddafi himself is now...

Having made a start on the garden clearance a few weeks ago I decided it was about time I finished the job - which basically meant uprooting...

Laura Blundy by Julie Myerson. Laura Blundy has just killed her husband. Messily. Stove his head in with a large bronze ornament, and th...

Here's the second of the pair of Tobermory whiskies my father bought me as a wedding present: this is the peated version, which is marke...