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"In all his time in camps and prisons, Ivan Denisovich had lost the habit of concerning himself about the next day, or the next year, o...

In the chaos of war-torn Iraq, even claiming the body of dead loved one is difficult. Hadi, a junk dealer, collects scraps of different c...

My friend Red gave me The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies almost a year ago, but work got it in the way so I've only just read...

I've written another piece for the Lancet Psychiatry , this time on The Box of Delights and other stories about dreams . Having lo...

Episode 790: The Snowmen First broadcast at 5.15 pm, Tuesday 25 December 2012 << back to 2011 Clara snogs the Doctor The Snowm...

I've written a new short film, Modern Man . Watch it, like it, share it with everyone you ever met - and use the hashtag #VMShortsvote....

The tenth James Bond novel, On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963) begins with Bond revisiting the scene of the first – the casino fro...

“'A fool always wants to shorten space and time; a wise man wants to lengthen both.' John Ruskin – who had never tried to walk to th...

Snowed in. There are no trains running so I can't get to work. It's like being back in Chicago . Only here we're all taking a du...

I've returned from Chicago with a cold, plus chocolates and Indiana Jones Lego for the Dr. She's also pleased I know the stink she ...

I’ve enjoyed Jon Snow’s often jokey Snowmail preludes to each evening’s Channel 4 News , which are often funnier, more insightful and more ...

“At the end the comandante raised his arm in the Fascist salute. ‘ ¡Arriba España! ’ In the early days of Bernie’s captivity, at San Pedro,...