When she was 5, I sat in the doorway of my daughter's bedroom while she threw books at me. 132 books. It took nearly two hours. She does about one chore a month, and that grudgingly. She's … (View Post)

I can vividly remember watching my daughter fall asleep aged 3, maybe 4, and realising with a start that if something dreadful like a house fire happened, I would save her, over my wife, over myself,… (View Post)

I have read Wayfaring Stranger, by James Lee Burke James Lee Burke has - in my opinion - a decent claim to be one of the greatest living American writers, if not the greatest. You'll find him cl… (View Post)

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I watched Saltburn last night. For the first twenty or thirty minutes, all I could think was, 'Another bloody film about posh Oxford students, made by another bloody posh ex-Oxford student, set … (View Post)