Vicky Pattison wins I'm A Celebrity 2015, beats George Shelley.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Compare and contrast
Prince Harry speaks out against wildlife slaughter
(M)On geese
My kid sister this evening on the Facebook: Watching a documentary & wondering why the plural of mongoose is mongooses & not mongeese. Anybody know? Me on the Facebook: The word mongoose is derived from the Marathi word mangūs. Etymologically speaking, it has no connection with the English word goose, which is derived from the… Continue reading (M)On geese
Potted nonsense
Long-term readers of Gruts might be interested to learn about Mr Frank Key's new book, “Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives’.
Book review: ‘M Train’ by Patti Smith
A fascinating exercise in ‘writing about nothing’.
Book review: ‘The Bonniest Companie’ by Kathleen Jamie
A wonderful collection of poems.
Book review: ‘Mr Key's Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives’ by Mr Frank Key
A medium-sized mass of potted nonsense.
Book Review: ‘Threads’ by Julia Blackburn
The Delicate Life of John Craske.
Book review: ‘The Invention of Science’ by David Wootton
A new history of the Scientific Revolution.
UN-communicative
Just who the hell do the people at GMail think they are, marking as spam an email sent to me entitled ‘An important message from the United Nations’?