Monthly Archives: October 2022

A few days ago I retweeted the following from the Yorkshire Post Rare book laced with poison found by Leeds librarian who came across a list of toxic tomes https://t.co/7AI9BOnpMd pic.twitter.com/quBi44l9QM — doug moncur (@moncur_d) October 30, 2022 Strangely, I … Continue reading →

I was looking at the Facebook paleography group recently and came across the following post Now I’ve seen the reverse N before in old grave markers in country areas in Scotland. If you look at the inscription you can see … Continue reading →

Recently I reread a couple of early Len Deighton novels – the Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin – which I ‘d picked up cheaply online. I always thought that Len Deighton was underrated as teller of spy stories as … Continue reading →