Let’s hope for your sake you don’t come to resemble old green teeth d’Annunzio. That Speccie portrait of your stalker shows signs of him going that way. (View Post)

I think the safe thing to do is to avert one’s eyes from the settler movement and pretend you haven’t noticed it. Even noticing can be antisemitic nowadays. (View Post)

Ha, yes, I was just thinking of that quote! Umberto is a consolation in so many ways. Edit: you should definitely read him if your reading muscles are still in good fettle. (View Post)

Sounds a good plan. My partner loves train travel so we’re training it from Glasgow down to London then the Eurostar to Lille for four nights in May. I’ve pencilled in a reread of The Tin Drum then F… (View Post)

Did he mention that he was a big, brave soldier? He tends not to talk about it, (View Post)