The Life and Opinions of Andrew Rilstone

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In England, complaining about the Post Office’s commemorative stamps is almost as important a Christmas tradition as the sending of cards. T...

One of the 2,400 comments under the Daily Mail's piece about Julian Clary sometimes telling blue jokes is a helpful comment by "Ga...

 I know this will look like a set up, but I honestly didn't plan it. Several hon. members "Oh yes you did!" Self: "Oh no ...

CONTENT WARNING: May contain the Daily Mail. Is it a good idea to inform punters about the contents of a movie or a play before they buy a t...

Thought you might want to read this one again. For some reason.  Arts Diary: The Princess Bride

Arts Diary: Pillion :  Everyman

Arts Diary: Wicked For Good :  Everyman

Arts Diary: Eternity :  Everyman

First Contact? by Hugh Walters The latest instalment of my occasional series looking back on a series of science fiction novels you almost d...

Previous Section  What on Earth or Uranus does Hugh Walters think he is doing? I don’t think the God-talk can be written off as window dress...

Previous Section Chariots of the Gods (published in 1968) set out to debunk religion. Primitive Man saw spaceships and aliens and mistook t...

Previous Section  If this were an adult science fiction novel — and I fully grok that it is not — I think we would expect it to develop in ...

Previous Section On page 89 of the book old “Whiskers”, the comic relief ex-Battle of Britain duffer tells Lord Benson, out of the blue “I t...

Previous Section   The boffins have detected peculiar signals coming from...Planetty MacPlanetFace. No-one can listen to the signals for ver...

Previous Section Science fiction is about opening doors and looking at things from new angles. I remember the first line of 2001: A Space Od...