The Mo-Bar at The Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur
Richard Mabey is one of Britain’s best loved and most respected nature writers, An author whose work I have long admired since first reading his renowned work on food foraging, Food For Free, first published in 1972. Mabey has long championed that which grows on our proverbial doorstep, […]
Life in rural England by Fred Archer
A fresh look at the music of Ralph McTell
Teenage me devoured the book opposite, I was in the middle of a science fiction phase which included Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Azimov, Harry Harrison and Robert Heinlein. That would then lead me on to Michael Moorcock and the music of the early 70s most associated with the […]
A musical enlightenment: Thin Lizzy’s Bad Reputation album
The anniversary of Black Sabbath’s first album
Neil Young’s demands to Spotify over Joe Rogan
Review of The Beria Papers by Alan Williams
John Berger’s War Poem
Back to nature with the Retro Idler!
Creative Nonfiction & Poetry
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Cairo's coolest cosmopolitan hotel. General Manager: Youssef Rakha.
Ancient Worlds at Manchester Museum
Reviewing and collecting spy fiction and nonfiction
Where is your nonfiction section please.
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A Library of Literary Interestingness
A Blog about Music and Popular Culture
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