Party animals
The social you are, the more of a party animal you become—and the cheaper it becomes to get wasted. Just ask crayfish.
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Branding: It Burns
According to an Economist review of Wally Olins’ posthumous Brand New: The Shape of Brands to Come (Thames & Hudson, 2014), branding is “about knowing who you are…and showing it.” It sounds simple but for a novelist it is not.
Read moreTwo ways to look at the restored Rijksmuseum
There’s the Economist’s blog article on the brilliantly restored Rijksmuseum, with thoughtful, luscious videography. And then, when your Sunday latte has woken…
Read moreMore on nuns, money, and the evolution of language
I know, I’ve been largely absent. Life is just being very, hm, lifelike at the moment. But here’s a long, juicy post…
Read morePortable Legal Consent
While I wait for a couple of publishing-related things to happen, I’ve been catching up on my reading. This week’s Economist has…
Read moreDirty Old Town
This is “Dirty Old Town,” by Ewan MacColl. As Prospero, the Economist art blog, points out: “Although about Salford, it could be…
Read moreChristopher Logue, poet
I read All Day Permanent Red when it first came out in 2003 (or perhaps it was when it first came out…
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