David

Justice. That’s what will happen.

Tax them till their pips squeak…

Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Looking forward to, and hoping to see, the whole pack of them put on trial.

Cuban missile crisis within my lifetime, though too young to notice. Surely though, there's never been a more delinquent, incompetent and evil US administration?

SCRATCH MOSS by David Barnett with a miner's lamp and a magpie linocut

It is publication day for SCRATCH MOSS. Please be buying it from your vendor of choice, or ask your local library to get it in. Available in paperback, ebook and audiobook.

www.canelo.co/books/scratc...

[Exit Murderer.]

At ever, the Girls’ Own Corresponding Bookshop can supply suitable material, delivered in anonymous packets and with suitably innocent covers. (Please note that we NEVER share your details with other parties, unless paid to do so).

WAR CRIME BY THE US.

An unarmed Iranian ship was takIng part in an Indian naval exercise, alongside the US.

The US withdrew and torpedoed the Iranian ship.

THEN the US refused to rescue the sailors, letting them drown.

This is treachery, cowardice, cruelty and a war crime of the highest order.

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The graphic has been updated. Some minor errors had to be corrected.

I've also added the German numeral 'zig' (umpteen), which, like Dutch 'tig', was extracted from numerals such as 'vierzig' rather recently.

You can always find the latest versions of my graphics on tumblr.com/yvanspijk!

Rumours are that Grima rushed off up north to Castle Isengard to test his eyesight…

Sharks—Simone Buchholz As always, many thanks to Orenda Books for including me on the blog tour for Simone Buchholz' "Sharks". I reviewed the second book in the "Chastity Reloaded" series, "The Kitchen" in 2024. Click here...

"Sharks" takes you on a wild ride through the seedy side of Hamburg: dive bars, cyclo-punks, and a double murder. My review of the new Chastity Riley mystery. @orendabooks.bsky.social @ohneklippo.bsky.social @racheltranslates.bsky.social #BookSky 📚 💙

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Very grateful to Linda for such kind and insightful review ❤️

No. Not going near this one.

Those dreadful words on the Today programme: “We have Kemi Badenoch in the studio.” (Why? Who let her IN?) Radio OFF so quickly I swear there is Cherenkov radiation.

You don’t need to ‘balance’ between Farage and the Greens’ view of immigration. You don’t need to be a little bit Fascist. You need not to be Fascist at all.

“A family wakes up dead. Heaven & Hell have questions.” I sat down with narrative legend Richard Dansky (Assassin‘s Creed, White Wolf) to discuss his new novel GHOSTS OF SMOKE AND FLAME, self-publishing epiphanies, and why Lovecraft knew less is more. 🔗👇

gnofhorror.com/richard-dans...

My February 2026 Review:

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Mystery of the Midnight Cartographers by Barry Nugent — Runalong The Shelves I would like to thank the author for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Batten Press Published – Out Now Price – £16.99 hardback via https:/...

New Review - Appropriately for World Book Day a fantasy story that all ages should have fun with. The 1980s, magic, secrets and did I mention the talking hamster? I strongly recommend Mystery of the Midnight Cartographers by @geeksyndicate.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/3/...

Thank you. I like that these things can be a bit ambiguous!

A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford I’m incredibly grateful to Becky Short of Penguin Random House for sending me a surprise copy of A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford. It’s my pleasure to share my review of A Bad, Bad Place today.…

A Bad, Bad Place by Frances Crawford lindasbookbag.com/2026/03/05/a... @lindasbookbag.bsky.social

On My Radar: March 2026 ⋆ Curiosity Killed the Bookworm Hello! I’ve barely had time to peruse this month’s new releases, but fortunately I had a bunch I added to my wishlist last year that I completely forgot about. Until now! If you’d like to know more ab...

A quick round up of March book releases on my radar 💙📚 www.curiositykilledthebookworm.net/2026/03/on-m...

If you have a smart dog, you don’t need a smart bell!

…context, for parties to transactions, so perhaps they are just too context specific.

@dannybate.bsky.social Can I ask a question? Do the endings in words like “lessor” and “lessee” count as case endings? They mark “doer” and “done to” & you could generalise them to other words (eg if I said “paintee” for something painted). But, they only really naturally seem to arise in a legal…

A cheeky little round up for the evening crowd!

So we all know Jenny is very good at the reviewing thing (she is), and this is another example of such.

But it’s also a great example of one of the reasons I really like reading her reviews in particular: she’s genuinely funny. And that is rarer than it should be.

BOOK REVIEW | BENJAMIN | BEN H. WATERS / LEOMACS (artist) / LUCA BERTELÈ (colourist)

NEW REVIEW: Today’s review is BENJAMIN by BEN H. WINTERS & LEOMAC.

This is a collected comic released by ONI Press on 10 March 2026.

It tells the story of Benjamin J. Carp, a sci fi novelist who died in 1982, who is resurrected in 2025

www.fantasybooknerd.com/2026/03/book...

It could also earn you a good living in certain entertainment venues, though you might have to discard the dress.

Hill fort painting by Anna Dillon

Work in progress. Oil on board. Can you guess the hill fort? This will be on show at my studio in early May for Oxfordshire Artweeks.