Archive for the ‘Satire’ Category
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Top 10 comedy novels to give your friends (or yourself) this Christmas
16 Dec 2025TOP 10 COMEDY NOVELS Merriest season’s greetings. Are you only now getting round to buying presents? Or is it just…
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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…
