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Thanks to everyone who entered our giveaway for the rare, elusive and slightly dangerous Cult Pens UK x Diamine Deadly Nightshade Ink. Our winner is: I love the idea of venomous animals for inks! And a little octopus in the bottle? Yes,...
Hello, it’s Monday, let’s see what’s been going on over the weekend: Spencer Pratt misses LA Mayoral runoff: I’ve not lived in California for decades now, and even when I did never lived in the city of Los Angeles proper. Nevertheless as...
Some days leaving the house sounds like hell.
Here are two of Carlo Carrenho’s reports from his Publishing Perspectives “Around the book world” report for 1 June. Russia: Knizhnaya Industriya reports on several indicators from the Russian book market. A joint review by the Red...
Week notes for June 1-7, 2026.
Happy Monday! It’s time for more Fantasy with Friends: as always, the prompts are hosted at Pages Unbound, if you’d like to join in. This week’s prompt is about fantasy […]
Metafilter recently discussed the Boston Globe’s ranking of Steven Spielberg’s 34 movies (before his newest arrives), a list which excludes […]
Second time’s a charm they say. Hopefully, I get it right this time.
The sun is at last shining today, after a week of sometimes quite heavy showery rain. When I was at the museum, it was pelting down so hard I could hear it as I sat at the reception desk. As they say up here, “It was dancin’”. The rain...
Merlin added some great new capabilities I’ve wanted for a while