Archive for the ‘Satire’ Category
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Review: The Bonfire of the Vanities
01 Aug 2025I asked in a blog some years ago if satire worked. If it does, why is the world in such…
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Can you help me deal with Amazon’s high-handedness?
05 Jul 2025AMAZON’S HIGH-HANDEDNESS I’d appreciate your help dealing with Amazon’s high-handedness. Some time ago on Amazon I had well over 100…
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Three books for humans
03 Apr 2025THREE BOOKS FOR HUMANS It’s not easy to find an entertaining book about the way we live now, climate change…
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Orbital and other books and TV
28 Nov 2024ORBITAL AND OTHER BOOKS AND TV Fall in love with the earth In my continuing search for books to recommend…
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Staggering Hubris by Josh Berry – review
08 Jul 2022STAGGERING HUBRIS You’re a staggeringly brilliant spad (special adviser) working in Downing Street in the early days of a new…
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Liam Glass #1 bestseller in Amazon mass media
26 Nov 2021LIAM GLASS #1 BESTSELLER A quick one today, to celebrate my award-shortlisted satire The Breaking of Liam Glass reaching the…
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Special early Black Friday book offers
18 Nov 2021SPECIAL EARLY BLACK FRIDAY BOOK OFFERS I’m off to the Brechin & Angus Book Festival next week and to honour…
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Reading and writing satire: Mightier than the sword?
24 Oct 2021READING AND WRITING SATIRE Satire is having a big moment. We have satirical novels winning the Mann Booker Prize, satirical…
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Read Catch-22 for free
20 May 2021READ CATCH-22 FOR FREE We know that the Internet thrives on free information. As the saying goes, “Information wants to…
