The controversial side of carp fishing
All anglers are obsessive, but carp fishers are the most single-minded of all. They think nothing of spending weeks on…
The mysterious world of pigeon racing
Pigeon racing isn’t much of a spectator sport. Race birds are driven to the ‘liberation point’, where they’re released to…
Man about the house: Kitchenly 434, by Alan Warner, reviewed
I have enjoyed many of Alan Warner’s previous novels, so it gives me no pleasure to report that his new…
A novel view of Brexit: Middle England, by Jonathan Coe, reviewed
Jonathan Coe writes compelling, humane and funny novels, but you sometimes suspect he wants to write more audacious ones. He…
Back to basics
Tim Parks is a writer of some very fine books indeed, which makes it even more of a shame that…
