Just finished "Agatha Raisin and the Christmas Crumble" by M.C. Beaton

Just finished "The Insider" by Matthew Richardson

Just finished "The Grave in the Ice" by Satu Rämö

Just finished "Lost and Never Found" by Simon Mason

@bbcradio3bot.bsky.social to follow Glass’s Hymn to the Sun and on a grey day surely we need the assurance that The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow from Annie #PlaylisterChallenge

Just finished "The Venetian Legacy" by Philip Gwynne Jones

Just finished “How To Plan A Crusade” by Christopher Tyerman

@bbcradio3bot.bsky.social Ian Fleming, through James Bond, expressed the view that gay men can’t whistle- adds a poignancy to “why can’t I?”

Just finished "The Wreck of the Mary Deare" by Hammond Innes

A straw hat and no waistcoat sort of day

Just finished "Agatha Raisin: Devil's Delight" by M.C.Beaton

When a person loses 1 sense the others are heightened. That's why people who have no sense of humor have an amazing sense of self-importance.

Just finished "A Taste For Murder" by Matt Baker

That’s it, no more Hot Cross Buns until 26 March next year

Telling, isn’t it “Stiff person syndrome was originally called stiff man syndrome, until the name was updated to reflect that this disorder can affect people of any age or biological sex. Although, women are twice as likely to develop this disorder as men.”

Just finished "Less" by Andrew Sean Greer

Just finished "Independence Square" by A. D. Miller

From the FT: “The truth inside Donald Trump’s tornado of piffle is that he wants to get out of the mess he created” Obvs what we all need is a @pifflevalve.bsky.social

Just finished "The Suspect" by Rob Rinder

@therestpolitics.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social sorry @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social Grace is 100% wrong about bantz. The reason for listening to TRIP is cos u don’t do it. On 13.11.21 Jo Ellison of FT wrote a piece about the problem with podcasts: it is the bantz. She is right #DontDoItEver

Just finished "Cabal" by Michael Dibdin

Just finished “Queer as Folklore” by @sachacoward.bsky.social

After so many months of rain and gloom, what a treat to be able to have lunch outside

Just finished "Death in the Arctic" by Tom Hindle

Just finished "Marriage Material" by Sathnam Sanghera

Just finished "A Trace of Hares" by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

Just finished “The History and Pre-History of Hertford College, Oxford” by Christopher Tyerman

Just finished "The Lonely Skier" by Hammond Innes

@financialtimes.com “I don’t think anyone can understate the gravity of the situation,” Lyons told the BBC. “I think we could just be in the foothills here.” Oh dear, I think the PM’s former communications director means “overstate”. Choosing comms support like that no wonder the PM is in trouble 🙄

@newsagents.bsky.social It doesn’t necessarily change the conclusion but @maitlis.bsky.social worth remembering that, given the gay context, “the sisterhood” doesn’t necessarily refer to women

Just finished "A Cold Wind From Moscow” by Rory Clements

Just finished "The Clues in the Fjord" by Satu Rämö

Just finished "The Sunday Philosophy Club"

Just finished "Requiem in La Rossa" by Tom Benjamin

Just finished "Murder through the Mirror" by L.B. Hathaway

Just finished "Death of a Celebrity" by M.C. Beaton

Just finished "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis

Got a new toothbrush and it’s bossy and judgmental. I don’t need that; If I wanted that, there’s always social media

This is NOT FUNNY AT ALL (giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...).

Penhaligone

Just finished “The Saint-Fiacre Affair” by Georges Simenon

Just finished "My Name Is Nobody: From the bestselling author of The Scarlet Papers, a Times Thriller of the Year" by Matthew Richardson

The fact that in both 2019 and 2024, the winning party did so with a set of manifesto promises that could not be kept and dissolved upon contact with actual office is something that as an industry we should be much more bothered by than we are.

can't believe the BBC edited Donald Trump's posts to make it seem like he threatened violence against members of Congress

Just finished "A Most Curious Christmas" by Katherine Black

Just finished "Agatha Raisin in Down the Hatch" by M.C. Beaton

Just finished "The Enigma of Garlic" by Alexander McCall Smith

Just finished "The Cut Throat Trial" by the Secret Barrister

Just finished "Vendetta" by Michael Dibdin