Fair warning: Mieville’s Bas Lag books (The Scar, Perdido Street Station) are kind of depressing. Lots of body horror too IIRC, but it’s ages since I’ve read them. I think Mieville is at his best whe… (View Post)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p061bd5l Probably on BritBox, or else channel your inner pirate. (View Post)

Yes, I think when you’re this out of touch with where the majority of the UK population is it puts you in a very difficult position as a politician. The anti-gay marriage group are reduced to religio… (View Post)

I’m not a huge Mieville fan but The City & the City is excellent. The Beeb did a good adaptation that really nailed the feel of the book too. (View Post)

Brown made one major policy failure that impacted 2008 directly I think: When he & Blair plotted their “big bang” reform of the control of monetary policy in the UK - the independence of the BoE … (View Post)