Keyword noise: Books I Haven't Read, reading, religion, paganism, Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Goodbye To All That, poetry, history, mythology, fake history, fake mythology, Ancient Britain, anthropology, archaeology, Blodeuwedd, Lleu Llaw Gyffes, Gwydion, Mabinogi, Mabinogion, Cad Goddeu, Cymru, Wales.
In which your author reads, and learns more about writing as a result
Published at 6:33 pm on November 17th, 2011
Filed under: Artistic, Dear Diary, Meta.
Keyword noise: books, Hilary Mantel, literature, novels, reading, reading aloud, Wolf Hall, writing, Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman, Alasdair Gray, Lanark, Peter Ackroyd, Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem.
In which we criticise a Great Writer, at least by volume
Published at 7:07 am on January 12th, 2010
Filed under: Artistic.
In which something is hard to understand
Published at 7:54 am on January 7th, 2010
Filed under: Artistic, Geekery.
In which we find it is a good thing I no longer work in a library
Published at 8:06 pm on September 10th, 2009
Filed under: Dear Diary.
In which we compare two David Crystal books with the inside of my head
Published at 10:06 am on January 20th, 2009
Filed under: Artistic, Geekery.
Keyword noise: books, Books I Haven't Read, By Hook Or By Crook, David Crystal, English, language, linguistics, literature, philology, reading, The Stories Of English.
In which we start reading something
Published at 7:42 am on January 27th, 2007
Filed under: Artistic.
In which we fail to read “House Of Leaves” by Mark Z Danielewski
Published at 10:43 pm on January 15th, 2007
Filed under: Artistic.
Keyword noise: Anne Atkins, BBC, bedsit, Big Dave, books, Books I Haven't Read, Christianity, Yuletide, Christmas presents, house hunting, House Of Leaves, literature, London, Mark Z Danielewski, presents, radio, reading, religion, shopping, studio flat, Thought For The Day.
In which we fail to read “Victorian Railway Days” by Francis Bennion
Published at 9:03 pm on November 28th, 2006
Filed under: Artistic.
Keyword noise: Atonement, books, Books I Haven't Read, David St John Thomas, Ernest Simmons, fiction, Francis Bennion, historical fiction, history, Ian McEwan, Jack Simmons, literature, Lucilla Andrews, Memoirs Of A Station Master, reading, research, source material, The Country Railway, Victorian Railway Days.
In which my cynicism is exposed for the cynical, hollow sham it is
Published at 7:10 am on September 8th, 2006
Filed under: Dear Diary, Media Addict, Meta.
Keyword noise: bad driving, books, Craig Moore, driving, food, grumpy, literature, reading, restaurant, Thermite, Yorkshire.
In which we fail to read “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson
Published at 10:13 pm on August 24th, 2006
Filed under: Artistic.
In which we fail to complete Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross
Published at 8:48 am on June 8th, 2006
Filed under: Artistic.
Keyword noise: books, Books I Haven't Read, Charles Stross, Charlie Stross, Iron Sunrise, July 7th, literature, reading, sci fi, science fiction, terrorism.
Keyword noise: 1970s, books, death, Glasgow, Glasgow Subway, history, Jan Mark, literature, obituary, photography, railway, reading, subway, underground, Zeno Was Here.
In which Mario Reading tries to predict the future, and fails
Published at 8:54 pm on January 20th, 2006
Filed under: Media Addict, Unbelievable.
Keyword noise: books, future, George W Bush, literature, Mario Reading, marketing, news, Nostradamus, prediction, prophecy, prophet, psychic, publicity, reading, television, telly, tv.
In which something obscure keeps popping up
Published at 9:55 pm on December 27th, 2005
Filed under: Media Addict, Unbelievable.
In which we have trouble reading a catalogue
Published at 10:10 pm on November 13th, 2005
Filed under: Artistic, Media Addict.
In which we haven't read “The System Of The World” by Neal Stephenson
Published at 11:11 pm on October 30th, 2005
Filed under: Artistic, Media Addict.
Keyword noise: books, Books I Haven't Read, Cryptonomicon, literature, Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver, reading, Samuel Pepys, SF, The Baroque Cycle, The Confusion, The System Of The World.
In which I finish something for once
Published at 3:54 pm on October 17th, 2005
Filed under: Artistic, Media Addict.
In which we discuss An Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin
Published at 7:41 pm on September 25th, 2005
Filed under: Artistic, Media Addict.
In which I wonder why I’m having trouble finishing books
Published at 7:50 pm on September 15th, 2005
Filed under: Media Addict.