Myoclonic Jerk

  Lockdown Lexicon   Like everyone else who doesn’t have a proper job [1] , I’ve spent the last year staring out of my front window when...

 I was 18 when the Berlin Wall fell ; three months later, Nelson Mandela was released . What a time to be young, but I mostly remember being...

TV programmes about novels feel a bit like knitted raincoats: they might be a great fit and look like they’ve just come from the town’s fi...

I’m writing this while listening to Takin Off by Herbie Hancock – on vinyl. I’ve only been buying vinyl since the end of last year. I spe...

Yesterday I saw A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare's Globe.  It was the first time I'd seen that particular play, as well...

Despite a reply I recently posted on a certain social network, I haven't a clue how many books I've read this year.  This isn't...

Yesterday, I visited London.  Along with some bookshops, I visited the Tates  Britain and Modern  - galleries I've visited before, but ...