In Praise of Gyles Brandreth
A review of Odd Boy Out by Gyles Brandreth and some thoughts on why I like and admire “the Marmite of light entertainment.
Books, TV and Films, January 2021
2 January A fantastic way to kick off the new year — Bring Up the Bodies, the second volume of Hilary Mantel’s fictional account of the later life of Thomas Cromwell, the architect of much that went on in the name of Henry VIII…
Books, TV and Films, December 2020
1 December Straight in at Number One on my reading list goes A Promised Land, the first volume of Barack Obama’s memoirs. Just a quick word on the cover price — a wallet-busting £35 (selling at half price in Asda). It’s said that the…
An Apostrophes Question
This blog goes through the basic rules about when and how to use apostrophes. It gets lots of hits. My guess is that most visitors arrive here because they have googled something like Does x need an apostrophe? Perhaps that’s you. If so, I…