I write about the musical legacy of Citizen Kane at The Dabbler.

More tax, I’m afraid, but it’s in the news and once again I’m shocked, shocked I tell you – as ‘shocked’ as George Osborne is about tax avo...

Oh great, you wait weeks for a post and then he does one about tax. Now funnily enough I don’t claim to be an authority on UK tax law – this...

Over at The Dabbler I write about the late Davy Jones and the Monkees .

In the Spring 2012 edition of the beautiful Slightly Foxed literary magazine I write racily about Flashman. You should buy a copy , or bett...

Over at The Dabbler I search for the musical essences of Britain.

On a more positive note, after that grouchy quartet of posts, I have been watching Monsters, Inc a lot lately, due to Charlotte's enthu...

Oh yes, and I hereby predict that much sooner than you think, all Apple products will come to be seen as irredeemably naff. Too many annoyin...

And while I'm on a roll, j'accuse Dr Rowan Williams, who, with the notable exception of the Mugabe episode, will surely be remembere...

Talking of misanthropic sods who've jumped the shark, I'll be happy never to read another cut-and-paste rant about the decline of th...

I have poked fun at Giles Fraser on this blog for his frivolous, attention-seeking resignation over the obviously non-imminent threat of vio...

I discuss student hovels and review Bath Ales' latest venture, a craft beer bar: Beerd, on St Michael's Hill, Bristol.

I review Borgen (BBC Four) on The Dabbler.

Stony broke songs and Mervyn Peake on The Dabbler. And don't miss our exclusive self-interview - a coup for us - the great Jonathan Mea...

Over at The Dabbler, I contemplate my brief mortality in a godless universe on Saunton Sands .

Although 2011 has been a quiet year for Think of England in terms of posts - The Dabbler inevitably takes up the majority of my blogging tim...