Welcome back to my Wednesday literature segment. Today I feature a four-page excerpt from The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, a novel I’m still early into and already finding quite intriguing. As usual, if you enjoy dabbling in books, feel…
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30/03/26 – 5/04/26 – Larry the Gentile, Mark Twain & ABS Challenge System
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Curb Your Enthusiasm: Larry the GentileVideo extract at Curb YourTube Being a Curb and Seinfeld fan – as most of you will know –…
Tagged with: Jew, MLB, larry david, Curb Your Enthusiasm, gentile, mark twain, umpiring
Posted in Reading, Movies and TV, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Reading, Movies and TV, Sport and Adventure
The Long Firm (1999) – Jake Arnott
In today’s Wednesday literature segment, I feature a seven-page excerpt from The Long Firm by Jake Arnott, a British novel which I’m just about to finish reading. As usual, if you enjoy dabbling in books, feel free to join me…
Before We Were Free (2002) – Julia Alvarez
My Wednesday literature segment returns, featuring an excerpt from Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez, which I finished reading yesterday. If you enjoy dabbling in books, feel free to join me on Goodreads [here]. My reading has been slow…
Tagged with: before we were free, dictatorship, Dominican Republic, Julia Alvarez, Rafael Trujillo
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
29/12/25 – 4/01/26 – Venezuela, Sobriety and The Odyssey
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. It’s an honour to share these topics with you at the commencement of what I hope turns out to be a fantastic 2026 for…
Tagged with: Alcoholism, Anthony hopkins, Homer, Maduro, Niall Ferguson, sobriety, the free press, the gentle chapter, The odyssey, venezuela
Posted in Reading, Reflections, News, politics
Posted in Reading, Reflections, News, politics
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide (1996) – Douglas Adams
I’m again resuming my Wednesday literature segment, which features an excerpt from Douglas Adams’s The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – specifically from Book Two in the series, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980). If you…
Tagged with: Bogota, Colombia, Douglas Adams, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, library, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide
Posted in Reading
Posted in Reading
17/2/25 – 23/2/25 – Swamp Creatures, English Football & A Thousand Years
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Swamp CreaturesShort Story by Bruce Goodman at Weave a Web Fellow blogger Bruce Goodman and I go way back and I consider him a…
Tagged with: a thousand years, Bruce Goodman, Christina perri, english football, stuntPegg, swamp creatures, Weave a Web
Posted in News, Reading, Sport and Adventure
Posted in News, Reading, Sport and Adventure
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