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End by The Cure (from their 1992 album Wish ) on the BBC's documentary Rowing The Arctic last night. If you happen to click on that iPl...

Today's crackpot theory is one I came up with after a couple of weeks off work on paternity leave. Now obviously parenthood is the best...

Here's a brief and slightly belated tribute to Levon Helm , who died last Thursday. I've mentioned my great love for The Band he...

Invisible by Paul Auster. It's 1967, and aspiring poet Adam Walker is in the middle of his studies at Columbia University , partly to...

Just to prove the point about Colin Montgomerie's commentary habits, here's a few links: This Guardian article prior to the 2011 U...

A couple of thoughts in the aftermath of the exciting climax to the Masters last weekend and Bubba Watson's eventual play-off victory. ...

The Tax Inspector by Peter Carey. So here's another motley collection of larrikins and galahs , then - the Catchprices. On the surface ...

I humbly submit here for your critical appraisal my latest work of challenging and confrontational performance art - a searing and unforgiv...

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...