Monthly Archives: June 2017

Did Wikipedia hint at the Labour surge?

Posted on 11 June 2017 by Spuggy

Fair to say, most people did not predict the result of the election. A few pollsters were correct – Survation and YouGov, take a bow – but most thought that even if May didn’t get the landslide she wanted, at … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Low Midnight, by Carrie Vaughn

Posted on 11 June 2017 by Dove

So, maybe you thought I’d turned some kind of classy corner in my reading material. Maybe you were wrong. Time to review the penultimate book in the Kitty Norville series! We’re well over halfway there!

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Thoughts: The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen Jay Gould

Posted on 10 June 2017 by Dove

Oh man. So many disclaimers needed. This is the first I’ve read on this subject, so I’m not really going to be able to bring a nuanced conversation to this book or discuss competing theories not mentioned. I’m aware I’m … Continue reading →

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Sparrow Songs: Instrumentality

Posted on 4 June 2017 by Spuggy

Our website went down for a bit because the ‘Confirm your identity’ emails got sent to the spam folder. Oh well. We’re back (hopefully). So, here are some more songs. This time, let’s go for some instrumentals!

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Thoughts: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis

Posted on 2 June 2017 by Dove

This is the beginning of a run of non-fiction books, so that means you get to learn exactly how much I don’t know about anything. This is also taking us right to the end of 2015 in my TBR. How … Continue reading →

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Thoughts: Finding Audrey, by Sophie Kinsella

Posted on 1 June 2017 by Dove

And now for something completely different! Spoiler alert again. I’ve been dreading writing this one even more than Waiting for Godot. Absolutely not the fault of the book or the friend who recommended it to me.

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