All taken from the early chapters of Absolute Pandemonium by Brian Blessed, which I have been listening to as a wholesome soundtrack to making my bunting. Brian Blessed’s first word was “bugger”, during an altercation with another baby over a rattle. Brian Blessed is a “fully trained cosmonaut”. When he was a little boy, Brian […]
Reading
Book reviews and all that jazz.
Blogmas Day 4 – My Favourite Ever Bookshops (Consumerism Isn’t All Bad)
I hang out mainly with people who do a lot of activism and/or yoga, so consumerism gets a bad rap round our way. “Who needs possessions anyway?” my friends will say, knitting themselves jumpers out of yak milk. “Money’s not what’s important in life. The only things that truly bring happiness are love, and a […]
How to Cure Readers Block
I have, right now, three unfinished books piled up next to my bed. The last fiction book I finished, read all the way through, was in March. This happens to everyone occasionally, and it is so, so upsetting. I think readers block is so distressing because for a lot of people (ME) the idea […]