According to Baltic legend, when the Arctic storm wind blows down from the mountains across the tundra it heralds the arrival of the Great W...

At The Dabbler I'm back on the DJ decks, spinning some Blue Sunday choons. And I review Charlie Brooker's new BBC 2 show How TV Rui...

Over at The Dabbler at pay homage to Sid Waddell , who has probably said more great things than anyone who has ever lived.

It's a Burns Night special over at The Dabbler. Ian Buxton looks at Rabbie Burns and whisky, Jassy's made supper and I examine Raebu...

Not having slept through a night for the last 15 months or so, I've got into the habit of drinking a pretty ferocious coffee at about 11...

So with Balls back in the saddle, Labour have now managed to end up with perhaps its two most unlikeable people in its two top positions. St...

I note that the 32-year old man arrested in connection with the murder of Jo Yeates hasn't been named. Rightly so, but how do the rules ...

Over there I ask, Is That All There Is?

Via Frank Key I find this magnificent quote from Elaine Scarry’s Dreaming By The Book (1999): It is not hard to imagine a ghost successful...

I was on Lazy Sunday duties this week, and indulged in an operatic countdown . Meanwhile, another great exclusive guest post this morning. ...

Over at The Dabbler I review the first installment of new BBC 2 comedy Episodes . I had a bit of a sitcom moment myself the other day - coul...

Over at The Dabbler - the latest fiendish quiz question ...

Over at The Dabbler I tell a joke about a man with an orange instead of a head . It really is as simple as that.

One of the many journalistic conventions at the end of a Test series (and this one is virtually finished ) is to make up a composite ‘dream ...

Gerry Rafferty's 1978 album City to City (which includes Baker Street ) has an extremely evocative sound for me, especially side 1. My ...

A bit of a coup for the Dabbler, as we have an exclusive post from Jonathon Green, the English language's leading lexicographer of slang...