Many longish years ago, when I was but a young fella, I had (like many children) a number of persistent fears. The most dominant of these concerned, a) My parents untimely death, and, b) The catastrophic …

Thoroughly intriguing story in yesterday's Guardian about a Mr. Barney Broom (of Gunthorpe, north Norfolk) discovering…well…what can best be described as a pickled model of a baby 'grey alien' in his loft. Yikes!…

In an idle moment last night I found myself browsing through some of the more neglected and forgotten volumes that adorn my bookcases.

Scanning the shelves, I quickly passed over categories like "Novels I've been meaning to read for years" and …