After a very pleasant 10 days spent holidaying in beautiful Kerry, I've passed the last 72 hours (and counting) laid up in bed with an extremely nasty flu (complete with mild bouts of delirium).

On one of my very rare …

I happily, and freely, admit to being a frequent experiencer of (what I like to call) "Book Horn" - that delicious frisson of joy and expectation felt upon encountering a book that seems to have been …

Even by the modest standards set by previous entries in the Manky Toy archives, last week's featured object (Super Pedestal Ball) represented something of a new low - failing (as it did) on almost …