Exit West by Moshin Hamid Nadia is a young Muslim woman in a Middle Eastern city on the brink of a devastating war. At night-classes she meets Saeed, a relatively liberal young man trying to make a better life for himself. Nadia is a free spirit, a dangerous concept for a female Muslim in certain […]
Redeye – Redlaw by James Lovegrove John Redlaw is a vampire hunter gone rogue. As a former member of the British government organisation SHADE, he is well trained in the ways of the undead. But a sequence of terrible events, recounted in the first instalment of this series, has left Redlaw disillusioned with the methods […]
Nightmare by Stephen Leather This is book 3 in the Jack Nightingale series and is yet another strong addition to what is one of the more unusual yet engrossing story-lines. Nightingale is a former cop with the London Met who doubled as a hostage negotiator. It was as a crisis manager that he first encountered […]
In this episode, from the popular Trigger Happy TV series, we see a future mayor of London being pranked by host, Dom Joly. The scene starts at 10:25. – If you care, give it a share –
It’s nice when the underdogs get a win. – If you care, give it a share –
Bernadette McAliskey (nee Devlin) is a socialist stalwart who has given decades of her life to the cause of Irish socialist republicanism. She has suffered for her beliefs, as have her family and friends. Yet Bernadette has never been daunted and has pushed forward on her path. She is an example of the great but […]
I don’t enjoy the conclusion contained in these lyrics. I like to think that the ‘Law’ loses every now and then.
Shane MacGowan is one of the greatest song-writers ever… that’s right… ever. The lyrics of this one demonstrate his genius. Never mind Dylan and his Nobel prize, MacGowan deserves one more than anyone (fuck it, give him two).
Home by Harlen Coben This is number 11 in the Myron Bolitar series. The bold Mr Bolitar is a former pro-basketball player turned sports agent, who continually finds himself getting into some very dangerous escapades. I hope to Christ he never ventures into Cabot Cove or all hell is going to break loose there, and […]
Who is Tom Ditto by Danny Wallace This is a delightful novel. Yes, delightful! I feel that I should be eating cucumber sandwiches and delicately sipping Earl Grey tea when I use such words, but Danny Wallace’s book is, put simply, delightful. Tom, our reluctant hero, is a newsreader with a problem; his girlfriend Hayley […]
‘I,RIPPER‘ by Stephen Hunter It’s Victorian London and poverty grips the city. But the bleak urban expanse is also in the grip of fear as a number of prostitutes turn up horrifically murdered. The authorities are clueless in their pursuit of the heinous perpetrator, and so it falls to Irish journalist, ‘Jeb’, to investigate as […]
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