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The Road is about a man and a boy. And nothing happens.

They carried shameful memories. They carried the common secret of cowardice barely restrained, the instinct to run or freeze or hide, and in many respects this was the heaviest burden of all, for it could never be put down, it … Continue reading →

[It’s that time again. That time when I rummage through my unfinished posts folder and decide which one’s would be better out than in and which belong in the digital toilet bowl. This one from March 2012 (barely) made the … Continue reading →

Orwell’s Diaries have been serialized daily online for the last few years as though Orwell were a contemporary blogger. His diary started with Word War II and each entry is posted on the day it was written but time-shifted 70 years … Continue reading →

I started a new job with a brand-new startup. An old life is ending as a new life begins. Continue reading →

Will they make a good movie? Continue reading →

Every English schoolboy knows that history began in 1066. Continue reading →

Three atheists tell their stories. Continue reading →

He hovered, and stayed still, striding on the crumbling columns of air, curved wings jerking and flexing. Continue reading →