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That NYT list of the best books of the 21st century -- a gripe
26.07.24
20:06
Sundry books of 2023
01.01.24
16:21
2022 in books -- an assortment
01.01.23
18:39
Love and tensor algebra II
08.12.22
18:22
Talking about Zelenskyy
03.06.22
11:42
2021 in books -- a miscellany
01.01.22
13:54
A decade in books
04.01.21
21:42
2020 book variations
01.01.21
18:26
Detectives
10.06.20
12:01
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
08.06.20
10:25
(Still waiting for) pockets
18.01.20
14:35
2019 in books -- a selection
01.01.20
14:39
Distilled highlights of 2018 in books
01.01.19
17:58
Secret Plots: The False Endings of Dickens' Novels
10.11.18
18:59
Shaw's manslaughter plan
13.08.18
11:59
The Default She: Power Inversion in Feminist Science Fiction
27.08.17
13:16
Playful allusion and undiscerning critics
11.01.17
21:09
Reading in dark times
14.11.16
11:58
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
24.08.16
12:42
Tolkien reading day
25.03.16
12:44
Umberto Eco & why he is wonderful
20.02.16
22:02
The Abominable Bride
03.01.16
19:30
Reading intersectionally
29.12.15
16:17
Terry Pratchett & why he is wonderful
01.09.15
11:29
The Iliad
18.08.15
13:15
The narrative significance of Dickens' death
09.08.15
20:23
Clovelly
03.08.15
22:29
Cycling to work
27.04.15
20:44
International Women's Day
08.03.15
12:44
Toasting the Professor
03.01.15
21:38
Read non-Western writers in 2015
01.01.15
11:11
2014 in books
31.12.14
18:58
Gingerbread TARDIS & Daleks
28.12.14
15:31
Christmas stories: The Father Christmas Letters
24.12.14
09:29
Christmas stories: The Nightmare Before Christmas
23.12.14
07:08
Christmas stories: Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm
22.12.14
08:52
Christmas stories: Journey of the Magi
21.12.14
10:00
Christmas stories: Hercule Poirot's Christmas
20.12.14
09:03
Christmas stories: A Christmas Carol
19.12.14
07:07
Christmas stories: The Night Before Christmas
18.12.14
07:15
Christmas stories: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
17.12.14
07:40
Christmas stories: A Visit from St. Nicholas
16.12.14
07:52
Christmas stories: Nicholas Was...
15.12.14
06:41
Christmas stories: Luke 2:1-20
14.12.14
09:38
Christmas stories: The Santa Klaus Murder
13.12.14
09:49
Christmas stories: A Very Klingon Khristmas
12.12.14
07:05
Christmas stories: The Regeneration of Two
11.12.14
07:25
Christmas stories: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
10.12.14
07:04
Christmas stories: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
09.12.14
09:07
Christmas stories: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
08.12.14
09:39
Christmas stories: A Child's Christmas in Wales
07.12.14
07:56
Christmas stories: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
06.12.14
09:41
Christmas stories: The Festival
05.12.14
00:05
Christmas stories: Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit
04.12.14
06:22
Christmas stories: A Christmas Memory
03.12.14
06:52
Christmas stories: Hogfather
02.12.14
06:47
Christmas stories: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
01.12.14
06:39
Science fiction and the extended idea of Bildung
19.11.14
15:09
Mole
03.09.14
22:12
Equal opportunities
31.08.14
21:31
Bjørnsonfestivalen: "Norway at war"
29.08.14
17:55
A bimillennium
19.08.14
23:12
Science fiction and alterity
26.07.14
09:35
Science fiction and society
25.05.14
19:14
March 8
09.03.14
00:42
Science Magic
18.02.14
23:49
Burns Night
25.01.14
20:17
Read Women in 2014
25.01.14
16:55
Liveblogg Nyttårsaften 2013
31.12.13
21:44
Gingerbread Star Destroyer
29.12.13
23:13
Questions about Life, the Universe and Everything
16.12.13
22:59
New Doctor!
04.08.13
21:48
Jane Austen & why she is wonderful
12.07.13
14:34
Spinning a yarn
12.06.13
23:31
Star Trek Into Darkness
12.05.13
19:28
Charles Dickens and H. C. Andersen
14.04.13
17:29
Coding. Oh, my
06.04.13
14:06
Coding. Me.
05.04.13
19:05
March 9-7
09.03.13
16:36
Star Trek
: Spock, love and a terrible mistake
03.02.13
12:26
Reading Dickens as he was published
11.01.13
18:24
New Tolkien book on the way
30.11.12
12:36
A Game of Thrones
13.08.12
23:40
Taxes and Americans
08.08.12
22:11
If you're going to San Francisco
23.07.12
05:53
Women and video games
12.06.12
23:25
The Mythology of the Secret Societies
01.05.12
21:37
"He did not know the soldier or his family..."
17.03.12
09:12
Gender equality in the West?
08.03.12
00:01
Angelmaker
12.02.12
20:13
Charles Dickens Bicentennial
07.02.12
10:06
The book
14.01.12
23:41
A Christmas Carol
25.12.11
21:43
Lightning Rods
08.12.11
23:14
Leveson inquiry
29.11.11
19:28
Love and Tensor Algebra
23.11.11
13:46
Updates
10.11.11
09:33
Tim Minchin's ``Storm''
29.09.11
22:13
Structured procrastination
20.08.11
12:10
Hats
15.08.11
17:52
Moldejazz: The Bård Watn experience
21.07.11
18:09
Born to be Gay
10.06.11
22:50
Ravelry
06.06.11
21:56
Ratko Mladic arrested
26.05.11
14:00
25th of May
25.05.11
15:10
To Kill a Mockingbird
22.05.11
19:24
Rape is not in the same category as adultery
20.05.11
13:32
Not our independence day
17.05.11
19:56
Royal Wedding
30.04.11
00:57
Blow on it
27.04.11
23:41
Never Let Me Go
04.04.11
22:34
April Fool's
01.04.11
15:02
Private Eye
31.03.11
00:02
Census
27.03.11
15:47
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
15.03.11
00:22
Casino Royale
09.03.11
15:04
Spring and fresh air
27.02.11
22:50
Brideshead Revisited
24.02.11
11:29
Quicksilver
08.02.11
13:29
The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon
17.01.11
01:02
Bridge of Birds
10.01.11
16:11
Anti-cuts snowball fight
01.12.10
02:07
Anti-cuts study-in
24.11.10
17:49
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment
04.11.10
16:21
Camilla's rules for essay writing
27.10.10
20:49
Doctor Who
fudging
14.10.10
11:39
In Progress...
24.09.10
01:02
The Fry Chronicles
16.09.10
00:55
Moab is my Washpot
02.09.10
00:45
Word count
29.08.10
23:49
Footlights in ``Good For You''
14.08.10
19:00
Barry and Stuart -- 98% séance
14.08.10
01:41
Jazz at Lunchtime
12.08.10
17:39
Cloud Atlas
30.07.10
11:46
In the Land of Time and other Fantasy Tales
29.07.10
00:58
Pretty colours!
27.07.10
17:57
Jazz Festival day 6: Break of Day with Molvær
25.07.10
10:32
Jazz Festival evening 1: Farmers Market in Alexandraparken
20.07.10
16:23
Jazz Festival day 1: We are all Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra!
20.07.10
14:56
Aperture 3
12.07.10
09:42
Possession
06.07.10
17:51
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
02.07.10
12:05
Sophie Scholl -- The Final Days
28.06.10
13:00
Pickings from the
Bookman
"Young Authors" column
13.06.10
21:16
Publishers' Circular -- pickings
11.06.10
20:40
Library pickings
07.06.10
19:28
Jacqueline Rose on the Dreyfus affair
06.06.10
12:30
Drood
02.06.10
22:34
Mind boggled
27.05.10
21:19
The Children's Book
22.04.10
21:05
New Doctor
04.04.10
22:40
Thackeray's open letter to Dumas on
Ivanhoe
23.03.10
19:16
His Master's Voice
13.03.10
23:16
The Red House Mystery
25.02.10
13:11
In Bruges
24.02.10
20:22
Eternals
23.02.10
17:34
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
01.02.10
02:30
Hannah Montana: Crush-tastic
19.01.10
22:13
Flight bag
09.01.10
20:57
Frolicking in the snow
25.12.09
21:49
Death of Bunny Munro
in Edinburgh
14.10.09
00:06
Talk to the Hand
12.10.09
20:18
Unseen Academicals
by Terry Pratchett
05.10.09
22:14
The Boat That Rocked
28.09.09
22:45
Do we love Leith?
16.09.09
16:04
Die Zauberflöte
29.08.09
11:20
Grant Management, a.k.a. the horror, the horror
21.08.09
15:39
Two Thin Laddies
21.08.09
13:59
Cool fun, a Manifesto and What is Wrong with the News
12.08.09
01:48
Rob Deb & the competition
11.08.09
01:23
The Fringe 2009
09.08.09
00:00
Arthur Conan Doyle
04.08.09
15:06
Morgenkonsert
18.07.09
14:48
Leonard Cohen
18.07.09
12:28
Melody Gardot
16.07.09
18:26
Tour de France
04.07.09
15:20
Is television liberal?
23.04.09
23:06
Having watched Watchmen
09.03.09
14:52
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
27.11.08
01:06
Edinburgh Fringe: Gilbert&Sullivan; Jekyll&Hyde
09.09.08
09:33
Edinburgh Fringe: Free Fringe
08.09.08
14:15
Edinburgh Fringe: missed opportunities
24.08.08
13:52
