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My excuse for largely ignoring Father's Day up to now has been: well, its falling on the third Sunday in June means it's never more...

Here's a Headline Of The Day for you, on the face of it an utterly inconsequential showbiz story about two people who may once have bee...

You'll have been wondering, after the last post documenting the senseless slaughter of another author, how potent the juju I evidently ...

I caught most of episode 3 (of 3 - episodes 1 and 2 are here and here ) of How To Be Bohemian on BBC Four last night, presented by the lov...

The Medusa Frequency by Russell Hoban. Herman Orff is a writer. Of novels, in theory, but having published two to very little in the wa...

It is now increasingly obvious that having one of your books featured in what I obviously should have been calling The Electric Halibrary f...

My recollection of my drinking exploits on my own wedding day are mainly of being bought a succession of pints - mainly of the excellent Kin...

I'll tell you what really grinds my gears : yeah, that's right, potato waffles. I know they may be waffly versatile and all, and mo...

A couple of loosely-coupled trains of thought: I caught a bit of the discussion on Radio 4's Start The Week this morning, another of th...

Not That Sort Of Girl by Mary Wesley. Rose Peel has made a good, sensible marriage to Ned, a man with money, land, prospects, all that ...

If you are or have ever been an avid reader of Stephen King's books, and why wouldn't you be, then this is a fascinating little proj...

Since major combat operations in terms of DIY on our house are now complete (which isn't to say there aren't a couple of niggly th...

As a tribute to the current exciting Test series being played between England and New Zealand, I offer you this two-item list: former New ...

Following on from my election manifesto What I'd Do If I Were In Charge as summarised here (alternative title: Things Are Going To Be ...

After the arrival of our second daughter Alys at the end of March I was determined not to spend quite as much time sitting around watching D...

The Ginger Man by JP Donleavy. Sebastian Dangerfield is a bit of a boy. An American, in Ireland to study for a law degree at Trinity Co...

Model and general showbiz socialite partygoing type Cara Delevingne , and Jay from various Kevin Smith films, as played by Jason Mewes an...

Hot on the heels of the John Inverdale moment , here's the BBC's Assistant Political Editor Norman Smith calling Nigel Farage a cun...

So, as we all settle down to watch the government snooping on our private communications, gleefully gutting and privatising the NHS , ruth...