Murakami Bargain

Picked up Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood in Ottaker’s for £1 (!) this lunchtime. I was tipped off by HoneyPotts on Palimpsest. The Guardian have a good profile of Murakami here. I’ll quote the whole thing, as it’s a good read…

The Rotters’ Club

The Rotters’ Club is being screened on BBC 2 on Wednesday at 9.00pm. It has been adapted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and stars the godawful Sarah Lancashire. Here’s the interview with Coe from the BBC site: What…

Brighton 0 – 0 Forest

From the BBC Football site: Brighton 0-0 Nottm Forest Paul Gerrard’s first-half penalty save earned Nottingham Forest a point in their relegation tussle with Brighton. Gerrard brought down Leon Knight after 10 minutes but pulled off a stunning one-handed stop…

Bush Reads Dostoevsky!

Burning Bush brandishes Dostoevsky Given the Biblical language in which George Bush and his speechwriters are steeped, it is not surprising that the US president should invoke the imagery of fire, writes James Meek One of the models of American…

Booker 2005 Controversy pt. 2

‘Indiscreet’ Sutherland’s Booker role appals advisers Members of the hallowed Man Booker advisory committee, the body responsible for appointing the prize’s judges, are spitting blood at the appointment of John Sutherland to chair the award panel this year, claiming not…

Andrea Levy

John Self loved Andrea Levy’s novel Small Island. So I was interested in this profile of her, published on The Guardian Books Website: After years as a marginal voice, Andrea Levy is starting to get her share of the glittering…

John Irving

John Irving, who wrote A Prayer for Owen Meany, which is looking like it is going to be my next read, gets a brilliant write-up from the incomparable John Self here. If I like APfOM, it looks like I’ll have…

New Look

You may or may not have noticed a new look for the site. The standard one that comes with WordPress is hardly inspiring, so a quick search of the WP Forums came up with Alex King‘s site. On this page…