Dave

Palimpsest has a book group, discussing books read by all the members in a topic on the forum. It has worked really well in the past, but recently has fallen behind a little. To try and perk things up a…

Go to a personaliseable (!) version of Google at www.google.com It’s actually pretty good. You have to log in with your Google ID and password, for example your gmail username, and you can set out various bits of info to…

Great quote from H.G. Wells in amner’s review of The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G. Wells. An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie.

One of the great things about Palimpsest is the way it throws up quality discussions about authors I have never heard of. And it brings together fans of that author that might not otherwise ever get to discuss his (or…

Interesting profile of the Austrailian philosopher Peter Singer in last Saturday’s Guardian Review. I remember reading a book of his for an essay on Practical Ethics for A-Level R.E. George W Bush and Peter Singer were born on the same…

Went camping this weekend in Montford Bridge. Here’s a few photos we took. Comments below each one. Here’s the inside view of the middle living area of our tent. The outside view of our ridiculously large tent. This might well…

At last! Sean Wright receives the honour of having his own page on Wikipedia!

Very pleasant trip to Cambridge yesterday, ostensibly to attend Bodies in the Bookshop, a Crime Writers’ meet-and-greet thing at Heffers bookshop. Met up with the ever amiable Simon Kernick who joined Al and me in the Eagle afterwards for some…

deteculative Originally uploaded by John Self. Excellent stuff from the Selfmeister Click the image to see a bigger, clearer version.

Just realised how rude the title of this post sounds! Took a couple of photos of our little bungalow, and uploaded them to Flickr. The Nissen hut thing is meant to be a car port, but at the moment it…