Monday 11th May 2009

Added on 11 May 2009

A Dementor At My Table Friday afternoon was a normal sort of afternoon. The kids were in school; the sun was shining; the birds of spring were singing melancholic songs lamenting the passing of winter (Polish birds like to complain about everything); a gentle wind blew, softly caressing the last of ...

Monday 4th May 2009

Added on 04 May 2009

A Dementor At My Table It’s a common mistaken belief that the filthiest, most germ-encrusted item in any household is the kitchen cloth. We generally use them for a few days without washing them, and by the time they start to smell a bit weird and we stick ‘em in the wash, they have th...

Monday 27th April 2009

Added on 27 April 2009

A Dementor At My Table Just back from my annual foray to the London Book Fair. When I say annual, I mean that in the sense that this was the first time I’d ever been. So not really annual, but the potential is there. From this position of virginal visitation, it was impossible to tell what ...

Added on 06 April 2009

Douglas Lindsay, celebrity crime author and Writer Who Appeared On Battle Of The Books Once, is from today enduring those dark days known as the Easter School Holidays. Two weeks of Non-Stop Fun With The KidsTM. Work continues on the re-issue of the Barney Thomson crime series, tied in to coincide w...

Get A Pizza The News

Added on 03 April 2009

In The King Was In His Counting House, the Scottish First Minister Jesse Longfellow-Moses realises that if he is ever going to have any real power in life, then he is going to have to get out of politics and into the media. In Lost in Juarez, although the popular tide turns against the Prime Ministe...