The Guardian’s NewsBlog has some useful advice that certain gatherings should probably note.
The rules [] are simple: pyjamas must stay on at all times, there is no touching without permission, and participants should be “hygienically savvy”.
‘news’ is often a polite way of saying ‘editor’s whim’ Given the shift from print to online and e-ink, maybe Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists was a suitable first first book for me to finish reading on the Kindle. Considering the economic pressures on the newspaper industry, his novel perhaps captures the spirit and soul of [...] read our review »
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] read our review »
These paarties sure have taken off. I hear there’s to be a really big one in Edinburgh shortly and there are hopes that it may soon lead to a Belfast marriage.
Well, I did have a specific gathering in mind, Rory.. hence the pyjamas reference.