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Monday, April 26, 2021

the last book I read

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Leaving The Atocha Station by Ben Lerner. Adam Gordon. He's a poet. And he doesn't know it! No, actually he totally does know it, b...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

saramago, saramagoing, saramagone

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You may recall that after the death of John le Carré in December 2020 I did a bit of retrospective rearranging of the curse list as a coupl...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

the last book I read

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The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. Rahel and Estha (a girl and a boy, respectively) are fraternal twins. A bit like Topsy and Tim, o...
Friday, April 16, 2021

a bridge too far

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Sticking with the subject matter of the previous post for a minute: let's assume that the current rather tenuous claim of the Basseleg ...
Thursday, April 15, 2021

well, I just can't get over it

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I was surfing Twitter the other day when I came across this tweet: Bassaleg : old rails make a decorative and effective reinforcement to th...
Monday, April 12, 2021

keir and present danger

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I had an interesting exchange on Twitter earlier after I saw this tweet on my timeline, which basically makes the claim that, on the basis ...
Friday, April 09, 2021

headline of the day

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My views on the monarchy as an institution are fairly well-known , and as much as I am a terrible arsehole in a general sense I do recognise...
Thursday, April 08, 2021

the last book I read

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The Death Of Grass by John Christopher. Ah, Britain. Where the sun shines (even if it rains a bit in between, as is only right and proper),...
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Wednesday, April 07, 2021

with phallus aforethought

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Before I start here I should probably issue a trigger warning for discussion of GIANT GENITALIA. Anyone still harbouring trauma from real-l...
Tuesday, April 06, 2021

the last book I read

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The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Heeeyyyyyyy, fuhgeddaboudit. I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. Luca Brasi sleeps with the f...
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

that's dentertainment

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One of the things that will have been a major factor in determining the specific flavour of your COVID-19 lockdown experience, it seems to m...
Friday, March 26, 2021

celebrity lookeylikey of the day

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Today's pair is Nadia Whittome , Labour MP for Nottingham East, and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo . Most pictures of Kahlo have a rather se...
Wednesday, March 24, 2021

the last book I read

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le CarrĂ©. George Smiley is in a bit of a rut. He's in enforced early retirement from MI6 (colloquiall...
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