5 September 2024
How cosy can cosy crime become?
Reading cosy crime at bedtime is better than any narcotic;Â a sure cure for insomnia. But sometimes the level of cosiness irritates rather than calms. Frustration with plot, characters or dialogue wakens rather than lulls, and sleep becomes a forlorn hope. Maybe it is a case of “you can have too much of a good thing.”… Continue Reading
5 September 2024
How cosy can cosy crime become?
A recent trip into the chemistry lab surprised and delighted with the discovery that it held a formula for joy. It produced the recipe (pictured left) for sheer undiluted pleasure, as well as moments of laugh-out-loud comic interludes. Thankfully there was no need this time for the white coat and protective goggles demanded by Health… Continue Reading
We have given birth. And it was almost pain-free. Certainly devoid of screaming and wailing in the delivery room. Mind you, doing the major part of it remotely probably helped. We are, however, talking not of humankind, but in techno terms. Our corporate flag is being waved from a totally new look website. And this… Continue Reading
2 April 2023
Midsommer faces Canadian rival for murder frequency
11 March 2023
Crime so cosy that it makes an excellent nightcap
29 December 2022
Fading air fryer fervour sends gadget to the cooling rack
21 November 2022
Book reviewers need to get out from Between the Covers
7 November 2022
The more the merrier as twenty-five thousand heads COP it sweet
TWENTY-FIVE thousand? Really? Did I read that correctly? Surely someone with stuttering fingers has been clicking the head-counter at Sharm-al-Sheikh. Or perhaps Rishi has seconded a number-cruncher from the Treasury (you know how good they are with numbers) to lend a hand with collating the stats at Cop27. Whatever the answer, it seems staggering beyond… Continue Reading
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4 August 2024
Thinking no longer needed thanks to AI
A click of the mouse was all it took to reveal that thinking is no longer needed. Henceforth I can safely leave such a stressful activity in the efficient hands of AI. With Artificial Intelligence taking care of my thought processes I can stop creasing my brow and pacing the room in frustration as I… Continue Reading