Take the Slovenia / Slovakia quiz
I thought I was maybe being a bit rude about people who don’t know where Slovenia is in my recent Slovenia post (A Geography Lesson for Mail-Readers), but I feel…
A geography lesson for Mail-readers
Have you ever been to Slovenia? I have, four or five times. It’s a beautiful country. Ljubjlana is one of the quaintest, cleanest cities I know. My impression of Slovenians…
Congratulations, Simon Singh
Delighted to see that Simon Singh has finally won his libel case. It is plain wrong that Singh should ever have had to risk bankruptcy and his career. I’m not…
Why did this ‘health care’ revolution take so long?
The Guardian today carries an article about the problems of the so-called death-tax, the white paper on social care, and government proposals for reform, all of which seem to stretch…
How to write
From the Guardian, Ten Rules for Writing Fiction starts off with Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules, and then lists 10 do’s and don’ts from another ten authors. Leonard’s are the most…
More sexist crap about ballet
I was looking for a sentence in Rupert Christiansen’s article in last week’s Telegraph (‘The New Recruits to Ballet’s Boot Camp’) that might serve as an example of a new…