Books for Christmas reading
Merry Christmas. What are you planning to read over Christmas? Here’s a Yuletide taster menu for you, from the top of my To Be Read pile. Something to fill in deadly gaps between TV Xmas…
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Orbital and other books and TV
Fall in love with the earth In my continuing search for books to recommend to you, a few months ago I read Samantha Harvey’s novel Orbital. Just two weeks ago, it won the Booker. Never…
7 best snow movies
I can’t guarantee a White Christmas, but we can slump in front of the TV to watch a snow movie. Snow movies inspired the main story of my psychological mystery thriller Room 15, which takes…
Are you IC7 or maybe an angler?
So you come across a police cordon on your way from the tube station. There are blue flashing lights and donotcross tape stretches over the road. Of course you don’t want to look too nosey,…
Happy Holidays (if allowed)
HAPPY HOLIDAYS It’s a truth universally acknowledged that 2020 has been a funny old year. The world seems divided into two. Those who have been tragically affected by the coronavirus and those who got off…
Panto season – oh, yes it is, oh, no…
The panto season has started early this year. Everyone loves live entertainment. (I’m even doing a live appearance myself on December 6th – more on this to the right and below). Here in the UK…
My UnChristmas Message
For the next two weeks, the Christmas religion of consumerism tells us everyone is supposed to achieve peak happiness. If we don’t, there’s surely something wrong with us. Time, perhaps, for an UnChristmas message instead……