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Postcards from the black: audio scanner for David
Reading has been my most loved hobby for a long time, a constant since I was a little girl and something it is difficult to imagine life without. Every long journey, waiting room delay or lazy afterno… more →
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Postcards from the black: audio scanner for David
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wrote 6 days ago: Reading has been my most loved hobby for a long time, a constant since I was a little girl and somet … more →
On trend
wrote 2 weeks ago: From the Pre-Spring 2013 edition of i-D magazine, courtesy of Givenchy comes word of the latest tren … more →
A desk of one's own
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wrote 1 month ago: Writer Erinna Mettler sparked my interest this week with her post on ‘Desk Envy’. A desk … more →
The Assault by Harry Mulisch
wrote 1 month ago: I am not quite sure by what happy chance Harry Mulisch’s novel The Assault arrived on my … more →
A bloody valentine - Hitchcock review
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wrote 3 months ago: A guest post from Liverpool playwright and poet John Maguire, offering an alternative to the clichés … more →
Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
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wrote 3 months ago: Monday 21 January was designated by someone as Orwell Day, in commemoration of the anniversary of th … more →
A year in reading
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wrote 3 months ago: It seems that ‘inspired by’ is the term to use when one is shamelessly borrowing another … more →
P. G. Wodehouse and George Orwell
wrote 4 months ago: I have been reading the rather excellent ‘P. G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters’, edited by … more →
Time for tea
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wrote 7 months ago: Well, I can think of more comfortable places to rest the teapot, but I wholeheartedly agree with ens … more →
Manituana by Wu Ming
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wrote 9 months ago: Having been bowled over by ’54′ from the four writers who make up the Italian collective … more →
Eight methods to beat the blues
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wrote 9 months ago: My pal the Japan Camera Hunter has written this great post, all about escaping a photography rut and … more →
The Teas That Bind from Lulu
wrote 9 months ago: Lulu are running a special offer at the moment, so you can get 20% off the price of the paperback o … more →
I'm wicked and I'm lazy
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wrote 10 months ago: Recently returned from a deliciously lazy holiday, during which I swapped the noise of Tokyo for a r … more →
Treats for ears
wrote 10 months ago: Reviving an occasional series on ten minutes hate, here are the Top 5 Records currently bringing joy … more →
Reading list
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wrote 11 months ago: So you take a look at this: and then you factor in this: to which you add the latest issue of Tsuki … more →
Love those redheads
wrote 11 months ago: I have profuse apologies to make. I can’t remember the last time I took a whole week off updat … more →
Good Reads
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wrote 11 months ago: If you are into books and talking about books and having a nose at what books other people are readi … more →
Carve Magazine - Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
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wrote 12 months ago: I wasn’t going to mention this as I know there are quite a few talented writers who read ten m … more →
You can't, you won't and you don't stop, MCA come and rock the sure shot
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wrote 1 year ago: It is difficult to credit, when you consider their later preoccupations, that the first incarnation … more →
