Bloody hell yes. To Kill a Mockingbird ought to have been in the top 20 imo. (View Post)

No way. Catch-22: brilliant novel; Hitchhikers Guide: great fun. But Catch-22 is on a completely different level. (View Post)

If Burnham wins the by-election, and I think he will, Starmer will resign because his cabinet will force him out à la Truss or Johnson. (View Post)

That is a bit unusual. I know quite a few people, all men as it happens, who never read fiction but all of them enjoy fiction on film and TV at least. I can’t think of a single female friend who does… (View Post)

Something cheering amid all the gloom: After four bloody years, the war on Ukraine might be turning into Putin’s undoing https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/15/russia-war-ukraine-vladi… (View Post)