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Claire Tomalin's biography of Charles Dickens is full of what George Orwell, speaking of Dickens' strengths , called the “telling d...

Blimey. 2010 has been a bit of an old sod, all told. Having had next to no work for most of the summer, things suddenly got a bit manic in t...

A few pals speak of being at the “DVD boxset” stage in life. Some have kids, some can’t be fagged going out of an evening. I’m just a bit ru...

Accidentally fell into the pub last night, and met many wondrous new people. At least two of these were already my writing bee-atches, but I...

J. and H. leant us The Muppets Wizard of Oz , which we'd been sort of avoiding seeing. Had been pretty unimpressed with most recent Mupp...

Popped round to see Nimbos last night and many shiny treats. As well as the long-awaited Heroes #12 (Eccles!), he showed off the first two...