Our old lass Queen Liz called 1992 her annus horribilis or ‘the year of shite’ to those of us that don’t speak Latin. It was her year of weathering tell all books, family embarrassments, affairs and fires to name a few. It was also coincidentally the year of my birth – though I’m sure this… Read more: Advice from my personal Annus horribilis

I was bought this book in December 2025 and (excuse loading) haven’t touched it until April 2026 because fuck off i had a baby alright and you cant read in the dark with a tiny human slowly draining the life out of you via your nipple juice. You’re allowed, maybe even expected, to spend those… Read more: Get Yer Books Out: The Book of Memory – Mark Rowlands

“and with an assist from me to be who you’ll be – instead of dreary who you were, well are” As I sit here typing and lets be honest belting out some show tunes, I find it hard to believe the parallels between Glinda the good witch from Wicked and modern day populist leaders have… Read more: Populism… I know about Populism