The weekend just gone (I’m rushing to get this posted on a Friday) was quite possibly one of the best for a very long time, and yet was so subtle in its joy, so filled with quiet, gentle pleasures, …
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The rise of the gratuitous crime novel. Seriously?
With tiresome regularity do we hear that crime fiction is getting too violent (most recently at this year’s Bristol Crimefest); that complex plotting and intriguing characterization have been replaced …
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The real face of courage?
I’ve been both hugely impressed and deeply incensed by my fellow women this week. First up, a sizeable group started posting photographs of themselves, without make up, on the internet and nominating …
Why the burqa should be banned
Late last week, I provoked a bit of a Twitter outcry by supporting the call (by Allison Pearson in the Daily Telegraph) for a burqa* ban. I was accused of ignorance, of condemning a practice of …
The bare-faced cheek of it!
It started harmlessly. My sister, Louise (a bad influence for over forty years) had Facebook posted a naked-faced ‘Selfie’ to raise awareness of breast cancer and was badgering me and her …
Two Faces of Twitter
Two items on Twitter caught my attention yesterday. The first, a notice on the UK Small Business Directory, to whit: Please note: This is a serious website for serious men with serious businesses. …