Shag, Marry, Skedaddle: The Biggest Bond Villains Graded

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 17:18 on 14 November 2020

Excerpted from THE JAFFA CAKE PARADIGM, Episode 3 of the second series of SCENES FROM THE BARBERSHOP FLOOR. Click HERE to read the full episode. Everyone loves a Bond villain. But what if you actually LOVED a Bond villain. With so many actual potential Bond villains in the world, from uber-weird El...

SCENES FROM THE BARBERSHOP FLOOR, SERIES 2

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 10:55 on 31 October 2020

In exciting news for the world of publishing, the weekly (or occasional, let’s be honest) Barney Thomson online sitcom-esque type of thing, is back for a second series. Given that Barney – widely acknowledged as one of the wisest men on earth, (albeit given all the other men, it’s ...

A Day In The Shire

Added by Douglas Lindsay at 16:35 on 28 October 2020

The day starts at 4:45am with my daughter texting from the hallway asking if I can give her a lift to work. This began as an occasional offer on my part, but mission creep has set in. It’s a seven-minute walk, but some of that walk is down an unlit alleyway, and I worry about that, as parents ...

IN MY TIME OF DYING, DS Hutton Book 5 - Publication Day

Added by Elvis Shackleton at 13:55 on 26 October 2020

It’s publication day for IN MY TIME OF DYING, the fifth instalment in the DS Hutton crime thriller series, a moment in history that some critics are already calling “something that happened in 2020.” The Internet rumour-mill has been churning for months, speculation running rampant...

Bom-Bom-Bom

Added on 19 September 2020

When you see a line or verse from a song quoted in a book, the writer ought to have sought, and paid for, permission to use the lyric. It’s a thing. For reasons known only to science, however, it’s fair game to use a song title as a book title. Thus, I’ve used Being For The Benefit...