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Some of you may be aware of the UK book-based radio station, Oneword. I know murphyz is because he is a registered user of their forums. You can find out more and listen in at http://www.oneword.co.uk Sadly the station, only available on DAB and satellite, is struggling financially. Why...

---This message does not contain any plot spoilers as far as I can tell--- I've just finished Wilkie Collin's nineteenth century classic, "The Moonstone", one of the earliest detective novels. Having done so I find myself not quite as enthusiastic about it as T. S. Eliot was. It works well...

I loved O'Farrell's debut, "After You'd Gone". It was one of those books that you race through in a day or so, not just for the plot but because it is such an intense experience. Her second "My Lover's Lover" gets a more mixed reception from the reviewers on Amazon.co.uk. Has anyone here read...

The current BBC Radio 4 "Book at Bedtime" (quaint I know) is John LeCarre reading his latest, "Absolute Friends". Tonight is part three, but you can catch up with any episode for up to one week after broadcast via the R4 website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 It seems promising. On Sunday...

Someone sent me this. It made me laugh out loud, so I thought I'd share it with friends here. --------------------------------------- The following letters are taken from an actual incident between a London hotel and one of its guests last year. The hotel ended up submitting the letters...

I've just voted in a poll on the Independent newspaper's website which asks the question "Was Diana's death suspicious?". Worryingly, from my perspective, the yes camp were just ahead with 51% of the vote - and this was out of over 200 votes. If you share my take on this, you might like to help...

The "books you were forced to read at school" thread, generated a few comments on Hardy's Tess. In my case it was "Far From the Madding Crowd" that was on my A-level syllabus. The latter was not the worst book I ever studied, even if far from being my first. I have since read Tess and the Mayor...

I've already stumbled across one fellow disillusioned graduate through this forum. There are probably others here too. Consequently, the following Observer article might be of interest to many members: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,6903,1115661,00.html It focuses on the...

I'm currently reading Colin Clifford's 'group biography' of the family of Asquith, Liberal PM of the UK from 1908 to 1916. Like many biographies it comes with a quote saying that it is as good as a novel. Often this claim seems exaggerated, but in this particular case there is some validity. I...

Jacket notes often compare RNP with Scott Turow and John Grisham, neither of whom I have read. I generally don't go in for the American blockbuster novel. However, I recently heard RNP being interviewed on the radio, and decided his books might be worth a try. So far I have read his first...

You could try a book I've just finished, "Tunnel Vision" by Keith Lowe. It's about a London Underground enthusiast who makes a bet with a fellow anorak that he can travel the full length of the tube network in just one day - the day before he is due to go to Paris to marry his girlfriend. Not...

I've just started, Judicial Whispers, the seconed in Caro Fraser series of novels set around the barristers chambers at Caper Court. They're fairly middle of the road in terms of literary merit, but entertaining if you like reading about the world of work. Whilst this may sound like a strange...