A.S. Thomson

  • Ossama is Dead

    I came home to a phone message from my mum. “Hello, it’s me. Mum. Just phoning you to let you know Ossama Bin Laden is dead, but everything is alright here.” The world will breathe easier for that, Mum.

  • Sticks and Stones…

    “…may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” Whoever wrote that was wrong. There is no Superhero with the power not to be hurt by incessant name-calling. I was bullied relentlessly during almost my entire school life. I can’t remember when it started but I know it ended when I left school for…

  • Kiss The Bullet by Catherine Deveney

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] The blurb on Kiss The Bullet by Catherine Devaney asks, Could you fall in love with the man who killed your family? and it is this interesting question that the book tries to answer.

  • I Was So Nearly Ready For My Close Up

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] As you all know, I am no stranger to the small screen. You may have already read about my humiliation on Catchword, but I have also played euphonium in a church at Easter (my school band provided the music for Songs of Praise), I have been interviewed as a vox pop about…

  • [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I’ve been home from Italy for almost a week now and apart from spewing the few Italian words I know on twitter – bellissimo, pizza, due Peroni per favore – and shoving some pictures on flickr, I’ve been fairly quiet about my holiday. This is not due to some selfless desire not…

  • February The Fifth by Derek Haines

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I don’t like Terry Pratchett. There, I’ve said it. I find his books unfunny, smart-arsed and contrived. Reading one of his books is like being poked in the ribs by a five year old wanting to point out to you how clever he is. I know I am in the minority: the…

  • Windaes Twa Thoosan’ For Weegies

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I’ll be away my holidays soon but I thought I’d leave you with a laugh before I go. I didn’t devise this, but it has made me laugh more times than I can mention and I hope you like it too. I also hope you don’t need a translation!

  • One Day by David Nicholls

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” ] One Day tells the story of two young people, Dexter and Emma, who briefly get together on their last day of Uni in 1988. David Nicholls uses the device of providing `snapshots’ of each of their lives on the same day in

  • One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I left writing a review of this book for a week or so to decide what I really thought about it. I enjoyed it well enough when I was reading it,

  • 42

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I put out a call on twitter today for suggestions on topics for this next blog post. Most of the replies were to technically ridiculous, I couldn’t spell them again if my life depended upon it. So it seems that when you remove the ridiculous you are left with the outright lunacy…

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