I finished reading On the Beach, just as Britain went into Covid-19 lockdown. Nevil Shute’s 1950s tale of Australians waiting …
None so blind
Review of Blindness by Jose Saramago This story starts out really well, with the basic premise of the whole population …
More about Miles
Despite being a physics teacher, my real vocation is travelling. In between travels, or often whilst I’m travelling, I love …
Ringworld
Proper, old school sci-fi. Encased in a second-hand bookstore pulp fiction paperback from 1970, ooh, tingles. After a few chapters, …
Shouting at my kindle
I bought The Taken by Alice Clark-Platts because it’s a murder mystery set in Durham, where I’ve lived for 30 …
2089 Trail Competition
Welcome to the big competition that went alongside the launch of the novel 2089. The competition is now closed and …
Standard Irving
Book review – Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving I have a mixed relationship with the works of John Irving. …
The Disappeared
Book review Amy Lord’s debut strikes a grey chord envisaging a possible future London, nay, an alternate, current London, governed …
Is it possible to bug someone’s brain?
In the novel 2089, the Orwellian features of the surveillance society are made possible by bugging the brain of everyone …
The future of smartphones?
A few years ago, I toured a factory in Darlington in the north of England, where they are developing mini …