But out of my hundreds of books how do I know which ones I won't one day take a fancy to and reread? There is quite a lot of fantasy and some science fiction that probably fits into that categor… (View Post)

The growth of both Reform and the Greens show that people have simply lost all faith in the mainstream parties. They are simply not delivering and haven't for a long time. People are exasperated… (View Post)

The Healey interview shows to me the current state of our public sector at its extremes. We have 17 frigates and destroyers. None of them, none, were ready for sea. A week of extraordinary work got D… (View Post)

Talking of reading I am about to do something that I can't remember doing for a long time other than for sports events. I am going to watch Masterchef, the Professionals final "live" o… (View Post)

Yeah, I'm exactly the same. But I feel ambivalent about it. I enjoy the snappy points on PB and the way the arguments develop with many informed contributions but I can't help lamenting how… (View Post)