Portchester Castle is the distillation of English history. Saxon shore fort built.by the Romans 1600 years ago. Rebuilt by Henry Ii iirc. Part of Henry V's fleet set sail from here for France. S… (View Post)

I heard the other day that the LibDems have an 80-seat strategy. Now purely on the notional vote numbers, Tewkesbury would be number 62 on their list. I know there will be other drivers too, but it s… (View Post)

My Iain Banks story also involves whisky... 1987, the World Science Fiction Convention was held in Brighton. Somehow, at some point, after a panel discussion I ended up with a group of a dozen or fif… (View Post)

There are, and always will be books by both Iain Banks and Iain M Banks on the shelves! (View Post)

And just like that The Crow Road, bookshop of Arundel, is live. (View Post)