Strange Maps has done it again. This is great – maps full of prejudices, stereotypes and cross-cultural offence. But could there not be some truth
How about this for an opening paragraph? January 15th, 1918, was a cold, sparkling, sunny day. Not much happened in the Great War that day.
I don’t know where this was originally published by George Verwer in classic satirical form… Backward Christian soldiers, Fleeing from the fight, With the cross of
While we’re in the mood for poetry, here’s a nice little pithy number. EVERYTHING by Steve Turner Looks aren’t everything. Luxury’s not everything. Money’s not
In a crisis, I find that Steve Turner can usually be relied upon to come up with something useful or constructive. And in this week
very funny – and not 100% unfair (HT PlayPolitical.com)
Well, it appears I’m not the only one who gets excited when others find my amazon reviews helpful. (cartoon by William Haefeli in New Yorker
That time of year again for my favourite literary event: The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title. In 2009, the field was particularly strong. But
Richard Eyre’s anthology of interviews with various thesps and drama types (Taking Theatre) has been a fun book to dip into – the perfect filler
President Niyazov was mad, bad and dangerous to know – ruler of Turkmenistan from the fall of the Soviet Union until his death just before
I knew nothing previously about Antal Szerb (a Hungarian who was a brilliant literature professor, but who tragically ended up beaten to death in a
2009 is a year of some very interesting 60th anniversaries. In the bleak, post-2nd World War years, a number of things happened which profoundly affect