This article first appeared on Adopt an Indie Shakespeare never needed the big six When I started to write this I came up with what I thought was rather a clever little pun. “In his time ‘Shakespeare was no great shakes’. Hang on, I thought, let me google that just in case it’s been used [...]

A contribution of mine for the people’s panel on The Guardian’s comment is free section: * * * A strong smell in the car park heralded an in-store promotion. I hate being manipulated as much as I hate the smell of fish, so was immediately irked. It was the first time we had been to [...]

Christmas is snow and feasting and fire and preserves. Christmas is calm and peaceful. Christmas is generous and spiritual. Christmas is short cold days and long colder nights – it is the darkest time of the year when life retreats to its lair and prays for its own renewal. The festival of Christmas sits like [...]

The mainstream media’s coverage of the student protests over tuition fee increases is completely silly. Their collaboration with the police and with the government, unconscious or not, is damaging their reputation as credible sources of news and information. I’ve got to admit that my participation in the demonstrations has been limited to tweeting a few [...]

I just got interviewed for the Selling Books website. Click Here to read the interview and get a glimpse into the twisted mind of the narrator Related Posts:ServicesThe True Meaning of ChristmasI was (virtually) there