Library fact: did you know when volunteers step in to run libraries on behalf of local authorities, they no longer have to pay into the PLR (Public Lending Right pool) and so authors lose any income … (View Post)
Flipping Nora Glastonbury has 210,000 people attending making it (temporarily) the 27th most populous place in the UK (behind Barnsley, ahead of Portsmouth) (View Post)
Did you see the epic Radiohead set at Glastonbury 1997? The one gig I wished I could travel back in time to watch but I suspect the in-audience experience wasn't as great as history remembers it... (View Post)
Agreed - Diamond Age wonderful. I'm a massive Stephenson fan (my favourite is Anathem - profound things to say about deep time, knowledge and what lasts even if it goes a bit batshit at the end). I'v… (View Post)