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Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd. Adam Kindred's been a bit of a silly boy - set up nicely over in the US with a lucrative and st...

The Wapshot Chronicle by John Cheever. So we're in New England, in the fictional Massachusetts town of St. Botolphs, and we're abou...

Each year brings a new influx of fresh-faced young hopefuls onto the PGA tour, fresh from illustrious feats either in college golf or on the...

I'm glad that the shocking business with abortion legislation in Texas has popped up on Ben Goldacre's radar , because his entire...

Two further quickies: firstly let's give a posthumous Welshman of the Day award to Mervyn Davies, the former Wales and British Lions num...

Here's something at once grindingly disappointing and compellingly bizarre: Melvyn Bragg having a pop at "militant atheism" (...

A bit more on atheist shrillness , or at least accusations thereof , if you've got a couple of minutes. Someone had the bright idea, aft...

As with the Michael Gove one I'll offer you two today and you can take your pick: who does gargantuan Welsh centre (and try-scorer agai...

There's been much fond reminiscence in the media this week on the occasion of the great Sir Vivian Richards ' 60th birthday, so it...

In these times of financial hardship and uncertainty, the ever-present threat of nuclear armageddon and the bizarre antics of our own incre...

Good job I was only about 15 minutes late getting to work yesterday morning, as Start The Week with Andrew Marr on Radio 4 was shaping up t...

Here's a contribution to the ongoing debate over which 1980s celebrity the current Education Secretary Michael Gove most resembles: Pob...

Good to see the BBC keeping up their recently instigated tradition of dropping the c-bomb on live TV and radio at inopportune moments (no...

Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Redrick "Red" Schuhart is a stalker. What that means is that he makes a living sc...

As it was my birthday last weekend we decided to head off for an impromptu weekend away - fortunately we are within relatively easy reach of...

Frankie & Stankie by Barbara Trapido. Dinah and Lisa de Bondt are two young sisters growing up in South Africa. Daughters of German par...

I'm sure many many others have blogged about the unique trials and frustrations of a trip to IKEA , so I won't add to the list - suf...

Right, more whisky. Don't mind if I do. These are both bottles acquired in different circumstances over the Christmas period which I...

Let's start with a headline of the day , before we move on to other more lofty matters. This is how the BBC introduced a story about th...