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All Shook Up by William Bedford.  It's the late 1950s (which year is never specified exactly but the Elvis song which gives the novel ...

Nia and I fulfilled a long-held ambition last weekend when we went down to the Transporter Bridge and did the high-level traverse of the b...

In a poignant echo of the current pandemic sweeping the nation, I'm afraid I have to report the tragic demise of another kitchen light b...

Well, I promised you stats, and stats you shall have, specifically some comparisons of the components of my book-reading triple-century. Th...

Sea Glass by Anita Shreve. It's 1929. So, already, no prizes for guessing a couple of key upcoming plot points . but let's not get...

It's been a busy few months what with being in the midst of a global pandemic and all, but life goes on. Well, for most of us, anyway, b...

A breathily-re-imagined version of Pink Floyd's Eclipse (the last song on their perennially humongo-selling 1973 album The Dark Side Of...

Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler. Maggie Moran is approaching fifty, with long-standing attachments to her husband Ira and their family hous...

Last Night In Twisted River by John Irving. It's 1954, and we're in the inhospitable northern counties of New Hampshire, right up ne...

One thing that has always intrigued me, and almost certainly no-one else in recorded history, and which I was reminded of while we were up i...

Whisky round-up part two, as promised , if somewhat belatedly. Here are two whiskies very slightly (but only very slightly) more out of the ...

Here's a follow-up to the chilli sauce post of a few years ago and this more specific sriracha taste comparison one from a year or so ...

Picture the scene: YOU, a hardworking professional helicopter pilot for hire, get the call to deliver a BOAT to a HOSPITAL, pronto. But WHY ...

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín. Let's examine the options open to young Irish womenfolk in the early 1950s: grow up, meet a nice man in the vi...

Just looking through some photos from a couple of walks we've done in the last couple of weeks, and found this photo of a rather splendi...

I recall a question being asked on some cricket forum or other, possibly this one : who is the worst best player in Test history? In other w...