As advertised here, thanks to Salt Publishing we had two signed copies of Sue Gee’s acclaimed new short story collection Last Fling to give away to members of the Dabbler Book Club. The winners, selected at random, are: Philippa Saunders of Necton in Norfolk, and Alice Matthews of Tillicoultry in Scotland. Congratulations to ... Read More...
Month: May 2011
The Dabbler's wine correspondent Henry Jeffreys explains why rich people are fools and launches an occasional series offering tips on how you can buy very good wine without breaking the bank... Money is wasted on the rich. When I see footballers driving their identical Bentley Continentals I think how much better I could have spent ... Read More...
Hello, this is Elif Batuman guest-blogging from Istanbul! Do you use a Kindle? Do people tell you things like, “Oh, you use a Kindle, but for me reading isn’t reading without the sound/ feel/ sight of a bound book”? Finally there is an answer for you, and for them! This answer ... Read More...
From the Dabbler archives we present this post from Martin Wainwright, which originally appeared in September 2010. Martin has written numerous invaluable books about the countryside, is the northern editor of The Guardian and is a prolific blogger on the subject of moths... As an increasingly ancient journalist, I’ve lived through many stories of ... Read More...
Despite still being less than a year old, The Dabbler has already amassed a rich archive of wonderful content - and, since our readership has grown exponentially, most of you won't have seen a lot of it. On Sundays, Bank Holidays and other occasions we will be digging out some articles which ... Read More...
Described as ‘poignant, haunting and immensely readable’, Last Fling is Sue Gee's new collection of short stories and is available to order from Amazon. Sue Gee's stories are remarkable for their precision and economy - she establishes a character in a few lines, conjures up an entire situation with an allusion, an aside. ... Read More...
In the compendium post marking Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday, I claimed that Dylan is a true artist amongst mere approximations; a man pulling stuff out of the ether via a channel that only he can tune in to. But just as lesser footballers than Messi can sometimes score wonder-goals or minor ... Read More...
Enjoy your Yoga Bunny Detox? Or do you think lunch is for wimps? British designers are factoring food into their plans for creating healthy workplaces. Happiness is found to be most closely associated with health, according to the Map of World Happiness, produced by Adrian White at the University of Leicester ... Read More...
Given slang’s track record, it is to be assumed that no one will expect that mother, that sacred, venerated figure in much of the wider world, receives any favours from the lexis. While slang observes man’s time-honoured division of women into whores and mothers, the difference here is that the ... Read More...
Two monks took the blood of a duck, which they renewed every week; this they put into a phial, one side of which consisted of a thin, transparent crystal; the other thick and opaque; the dark side was shown until the sinner's gold was exhausted, when, presto! change, the blood ... Read More...