When The Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi:
Scousehusband
A Scouse husband from Liverpool now living life in the Devon Countryside with my family. Writing, caring for my wife, home educating and generally being a legend. Scribbling about music, art, life and geeky stuff. Often to be found drinking tea, quizzing on the local radio and having light sabre fights with the family.
Monday, 18 November 2024
Friday, 15 November 2024
Murder On Line One by Jeremy Vine:
Friday, 1 November 2024
The Lion Who Never Roared by Matt Tiller:
For those who don’t know, Jack Leslie was the first black player to play for England. The star of a barnstorming 1925 Plymouth Argyle team, the call up rescinded when the selectors discovered his skin colour.
The author was one of the campaigners which has led to a statue of Jack outside Home Park (plus, him becoming the first England player to get a posthumous cap). It’s a lucid portrait of a man, playing in a 2-3-5(!), a character who loved his wife (who was in, turn racially abused for marrying a black man).
It’s also good on the bizarre nature of 1920’s football, with Argyle playing Exeter City on BOTH Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, with Jack’s career ending with a scratched cornea from the lace of a football.
It’s also good on the casual nature of racism then (in newspaper reports) and it’s more virulent nature now. Ultimately, this is a portrait of a hero who ended up being the bootman for West Ham. To quote Harry Redknapp, ‘turns out we should have been cleaning his boots’.
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Shroud by Adrian Tchikovsky:
Sunday, 6 October 2024
The Quiet by Barnaby Martin:
Saturday, 24 August 2024
May You Have Delicious Meals by Junko Takase:
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