In 'Murica, the Publican Party has embraced a new religion and the rest of world is going to feel the wrath of the Almighty if they don’t shape up and sign on! The new theology trumpets the REAL TRINITY: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Smokes - Rump! HALLELUJAH! In anticipation …
Month: August 2022
A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME
When I was growing up back in the cretaceous period, there were many words to describe homosexuals: queers, poofters and fags being common. Needless to say, these words were used in a derogatory manner – a kind of verbal put-down for the intolerant to assert their supposed superiority, or insecurities, against those who were different. …
THANK YOU JEEVES BY PG WODEHOUSE
THANK YOU, JEEVES BY PG WODEHOUSE, Herbert Jenkins, 1934 - Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves are ranked among the great comic duos in English literature. P.G. Wodehouse wrote thirty-five short stories and eleven novels featuring the two, beginning in 1917 with the short story ‘Extricating Young Gussie’ and finishing in 1974 with the novel …
A GAME OF THRONES BY GEORGE R R MARTIN
GAME OF THRONES BY GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, Bantam Spectra, 1996 – With the book already claiming ‘classic fantasy’ status and HBO making a hash of the series on television, I decided it was time to get acquainted with the ‘Game of Thrones’. It turns out to be one of those fantasies where the lure of …
Richard's Left Bank 