Streaming woes
The streaming platform landscape has become an unwieldy, unfriendly, frustrating behemoth. Long gone are the days when Netflix was the...
Don DeLillo and the Beauty of Placeholders
Whatever you think of Noah Baumbach’s Netflix film White Noise, there’s no doubt in my mind that the novel by Don DeLillo on which it’s...
Three more of my favourite podcasts!
It seems everyone and their aunt has a podcast these days. The overabundance of shows to choose from can be daunting and is an example of...
Set My Heart To Five by Simon Stephenson: Truly bamboozling!
This delightful and hilarious novel should be required reading for anyone brave or foolish enough to consider a career in screenwriting...
Lucy Ellmann – Ducks, Newburyport: the fact that it’s a phenomenal read
When I ordered Lucy Ellman’s Ducks, Newburyport, I knew nothing about the book, other than that it had been shortlisted for the 2019...
How Cary Elwes Can Lead to Deborah Eisenberg
You know how sometimes one thing leads to another and you unintentionally end up making some kind of wonderful new discovery? Well,...
