THE SMALL THINGS

On the last blog, a Dear Reader wrote: ‘How C21st - someone writing at length on the internet about why they haven't been on the intern...

The most interesting thing about my week off the internet is that I appear to have reset my brain back to the longform. The clever neurobiol...

Author’s note: I’ve been off the internet for a week. I should have loved to come back with a bang, all pith and wit and to the point . How ...

I did the ice bucket challenge this morning. Since it went viral, there has been the inevitable backlash. Oh, say the doubters, surely givin...

It’s quite an odd thing, to cry for a stranger. One may feel sadness and melancholy and regret for so many deaths: the ones in the newspaper...

I need to do some crowd-sourcing for one of the secret projects. Even though they have both now been read and green-lit by the agent, they s...

The internet is such a curious thing. This morning, a writer I like very much was having difficulties with the etiquette of social networks....

Crazy, long day, so packed with work that I thought my ears would fall off. My time management continued poor, especially as I thought that ...

Be magnificent, said the voice in my head as I woke up this morning. Actually, that was not the first thing it said. The first thing it said...

I have, as usual, yet another secret project. I am always starting secret projects and then getting distracted and letting them lapse. This ...

Yesterday, someone called me a pompous, sanctimonious arse. I was ill for three days; that is why there has been radio silence. There was a ...

Happy Independence day to all the dear American readers. It is also the happy birthday of my beloved Older Niece. So it is a day of jubilee ...