Whilst the bird flu outbreak is undoubtedly the story of the weekend, I find the news that Italy has suspended professional football matches due to violence quite stunning. I don’t really follow any sports at all, but this feels like a big thing. For there to be so much violence over football seems terrifying. Of [...]
Have recently finished reading The Vesuvius Club, a novel by Mark Gatiss, who wrote for and starred in The League of Gentlemen (which I’ve never seen). The book follows the life of an Edwardian-era British spy (who happens to live in Number Nine Downing Street), as he uncovers a mystery that seems him travelling off [...]