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Some vaguely-related thoughts about naming coincidences prompted by a couple of things: firstly that I note we haven't done a bit simila...

House Of Sand And Fog by Andre Dubus III. Kathy Nicolo has been having a hard time. She's struggled to overcome addictions to alcoh...

Well, both the Glen Marnoch and the Highland Park that I referred to in the previous whisky post (both of which I'd acquired the prec...

I had to drive to Birmingham and back today, which reminded me of another entry in the WHY HAVE THEY BUILT THIS ROAD THIS WAY IT'S LITER...

Here's a funny thing, or rather two things. Firstly I noticed as I was publishing the Drowning Ruth book review last night that it was ...

Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz. Amanda Starkey is a doting and dutiful aunt to little Ruth, taking on parental responsibilities aft...

The History Of Luminous Motion by Scott Bradfield. Philip (who is seven as the novel starts) and his mother are on an extended road trip....

Me And The Fat Man by Julie Myerson.  Amy is just a regular girl in a provincial town (a thinly-disguised Bath by the look of it) trying...

A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe. Heeeeere's Charlie! Charlie Croker is a larger-than-life real estate mogul based in Atlanta, Georgia. S...

Not much competition for Welshman of the Day today; obviously it's going to be Geraint Thomas , the man who won the Tour de France at th...

There are a couple of interesting things about the whole YANNY vs. LAUREL sound illusion thing that's been sweeping the internet lately...

I was in Tesco the other day perusing the special offer shelf for beery bargains, as one does, and I spotted this beer that I hadn't see...

It's a few days late for the official anniversary but let me commemorate the 70th birthday of the National Health Service by appointing...

A couple for you today, the first of which illustrates a similar sort of problem as I have with making jokes on Twitter , i.e. how much chec...