An online notebook
Sadly, Brian Clough died yesterday. As a Nottingham Forest fan, he obviously meant a great deal to me from a football perspective, simply for what he achieved with the club. It would appear that 30 years after he first took charge at Forest, they have returned to where they were before him – a bog … Keep reading
I finished The Crime Trade, Simon Kernick’s third novel, in hardback (I must be keen!) last night, and it was really rather good. I have something of a soft spot for dark crime fiction, and this certainly hit the spot. John Gallan, who was the star of the show in The Murder Exchange returns, and … Keep reading
‘Like a Fiery Elephant’ – Jonathon Coe An awesome book, magnificent. Anyone who cares about books, reading, and novels should have a look at this. It’s a biography of BS Johnson, the modernist author who killed himself in 1973. Johnson isn’t always a chap one can sympathise with, many of his views on the novel … Keep reading
This is a great idea. Blogger allows me to post by simply sending an email to a special address. The subject of my email make the title of the post. Easy. I’ve just started using gmail and I have to say it is by far the best email system I have used. Ful marks to … Keep reading
Well, this is the first post to my website. I’ll hopefully be posting plenty of messages to the site, mainly about books but sometimes about politics and computers too. Maybe the odd excerpt from my life, now and again. hopefully people will find this interesting, but if not it will make a nice record of … Keep reading