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Hunky square-jawed hero Eric's manservant (no, stop it ) from Disney's The Little Mermaid , the Ladybird tie-in book of which is one...

So, farewell, then, William Trevor . Alas, we hardly knew ye, cut down in the prime of life at a mere 88 years old by this blog's conti...

Here's a sort of global version of the UK-only surname distribution tool - stick your surname in here and you'll get some indicati...

While in a lot of ways I think the religious-focused topics on In Our Time on Radio 4 are among the least interesting ones they do, there...

I've got two for you today. Firstly, presenter of CBeebies science-y programme Do You Know? (one of Nia's current favourite things)...

So my quest for the perfect use of my original fruity clafoutis recipe continues, with the expectation that eventually we'll hit on the...

Seems like only yesterday that I was unpacking my brown Teva walking shoes from their Amazon box and trying them on for the first time. But ...

It's time to grit our teeth and look, bleary-eyed, through the bitter salty tears of defeat and frustration at the revised Ryder Cup cu...

Couple of follow-up notes on previous posts: It appears that virginity auctions are still a thing, or at least still a thing that people ...

Just a quick follow-up to the previous post : one of the things that always grates a bit about American sports coverage is the weird ultra-r...

Sad news for golf fans this week with the death of the legendary Arnold Palmer , the first proper multi-media golf superstar . You'll h...

The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert. In Germany before the war , there was a man who had a son. The son, Helmut, is born with a weakened r...

So it was  Roald Dahl Day on Tuesday, which is apparently a thing that's been going on every September 13th (his birthday ) for about t...

A quick blog-related public service announcement: those of you who are paying attention may have noticed the addition of a groovy real-time(...

Here's another one for the file marked: is it a coincidence? Or is it perhaps....Something More? No, it's just a coincidence . Whe...

Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin. Gordon Reeve is a man. A man with a past. A past including Things. Things you don't want to know about. A...

I spotted another outing for the old tabloid favourite of a child being born on the same day as its parents last week - this time it was the...

Statues in A Garden by Isabel Colegate. It's the summer of 1914, and Aylmer Weston is a cabinet minister in the Asquith government...

Another major, another round of 63 to add to the list . This time it was Robert Streb at the USPGA at Baltusrol; this one was via the long-...

The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian. Meet Captain Jack Aubrey. A burly, bluff sort of cove, not perhaps the sort of man you'd...