31 March 2015
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I love a thick, crunchy crust on my bread. Turn up the heat high, give it a good cook and you get that satisfying crack as you bite into it. However, sometimes that isn’t ideal, such as when I bake … Continue reading
30 March 2015
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I was excited to see that Spotify had a new Jack Bruce album available (Live at Canterbury Fayre). Bruce died in October last year. I couldn’t pretend to be an expert on his work but his playing definitely exerted some … Continue reading
28 March 2015
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Last week’s homebrew, Inspector Banks, is now in the bottle and first indications are that it is one to look forward to. It needs at least a couple of weeks to condition in the bottle but the left-overs that I … Continue reading
27 March 2015
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Fred Vargas, despite, the assumption you might make from the name, is a French lady writing (in the books I’ve enjoyed so far) about male detectives. By contrast, travelling back north to Sweden for the last entry in my week … Continue reading
26 March 2015
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Fred Vargas is an archaeologist but also a very accomplished author. A few years ago I enjoyed The Three Evangelists and was similarly impressed by The Ghost Riders of Ordebec. Both are set in her native France and I will … Continue reading
25 March 2015
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I became aware of Peter May through his Lewis trilogy, detective fiction set in the Outer Hebrides. Since finishing the last of those I’ve keenly scanned the M section on the library shelves looking to read more. Last year I … Continue reading
24 March 2015
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Scandinavia isn’t the only place where crime – and crime-writing – happens. A country I haven’t paid a paper visit to before is Egypt but that is where Parker Bilal took me in Dogstar Rising. The focal point of this … Continue reading
23 March 2015
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Don’t worry – I’m not planning heist or embarking on some madcap spree. However, since read a lot of crime fiction, I thought I would take a few days to note various authors I have come across in the last … Continue reading
22 March 2015
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Well, we (The String Project) came, saw and did our thang live over the airwaves at BBC Radio Oxford this morning and the evidence is now available online for the next few weeks. It wasn’t a completely flawless performance but … Continue reading
21 March 2015
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Forget video (*): tomorrow I get to be a radio star. Or, at least, cram into a studio with The String Project and the illustrious Will Gompertz for his Sunday morning show (listen to it live or after the event … Continue reading