Archive for the ‘Satire’ Category
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Ukraine elected a comedian president – so what do politicians think of voters?
24 Apr 2019Last Sunday, the voters of Ukraine elected a comedian president. Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the election despite having zero experience of…
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They warned us! Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe
05 Dec 2018Review: Middle England by Jonathan Coe They warned us. We were making a film for the British car makers British…
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Liam Glass gets a BookBub recommendation
14 Nov 2018This week I have exciting news: my novel has landed a prestigious BOOKBUB RECOMMENDATION. They’re putting my debut noir thriller The…
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Living on the edge
16 Aug 2018Living on the edge. It was one of these special places on the edge of things. Where you place a…
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Chill out with Chili – Review: Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard
09 May 2018Get Shorty review for the Library Corner. We all love a good little-fish-in-a-big-pond story, when the little guy from out…
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The murder to end all literary murders? Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz reviewed
13 Apr 2018Review: Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz The English love the countryside and never more than when there’s a corpse spreadeagled…
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Who’s afraid of the Maybot? John Crace’s I, Maybot, reviewed for the Library Corner
09 Mar 2018Who’s afraid of the Maybot? Most of us remember our first encounter with a mechanical life-form. Depending on when we…
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Should we legalise drugs? The Library Corner review: High Society by Ben Elton
16 Feb 2018Should we legalise drugs? Peter Paget MP thinks so. But he’s only a lowly backbencher in a government whose ministers…
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Bookstore rage: How I came close to losing my temper with an indie bookshop manager
29 Nov 2017Yesterday I came close to inflicting serious verbal damage on an indie bookshop manager. I’d very much like to know…