No Expectations
People are outraged by the BBC’s abomination that they peddled as Great Expectations. BBC viewers were left raging on Sunday evening when the latest adaptation of […]
Writing & Language
Yeah, You Did
Cheat. ‘I haven’t cheated, I’ve not taken somebody’s prize money away’: Transgender athlete who ‘exploited loophole’ to finish ahead of 14,000 women in female category […]
What Did We Expect?
I had no great expectations and I’ve not been disappointed. In the cosy world of Sunday night television, a spot of naked bondage may well […]
A Small Victory
It appears that Puffin has backed down. Roald Dahl’s books are to be printed in their original form, following criticism of the decision to amend […]
Not Roald Dahl
Winston has been at work, it seems. Roald Dahl’s children’s books are being rewritten to remove language deemed offensive by the publisher Puffin. Puffin has […]
A Brief Interlude
It’s been quiet here for a few days. I’ve been busy in the real world. Also, having seen the Underdog Anthology 18 published for Halloween, […]
Mind Your Language
My post the other day seems to have incurred a heated response. The initial story both amused and irritated me in equal measure, hence my […]
Cultural Vandalism Indeed
I’m in agreement with Nadhim Zahawi here. Removing poems by Philip Larkin and Wilfred Owen from a GCSE course has been described as “cultural vandalism” […]
Quarterly Results
The quarterly sales results are in. I sold nineteen copies of ‘Renegade.’ Three of those were hardbacks, so it seems it was worthwhile offering that […]
All About Meeeeeee
God almighty, everything has to be about trans now. A little-known American author is releasing a book which imagines a world where people with Y […]