Mark Pack on why he can't stop dabbling with a gadget that might be old but is quite a way from being obsolete. Pile up my work and personal gadgets on a table at home and what do you find? One desktop computer. Two portable computers. One iPad. Two Blackberries. An ... Read More...

How various Towers of Babel can remind us - rather surprisingly - that we shouldn't wish for everything to be translated into the simple and straightforward. It is not hard, these days, to access a polyglot Bible if you find you need one – they’re ten a penny on the Google – but ... Read More...

In this 1p Book Review, Nige enjoys visiting "a world of strenuous hymn-singing in chapel and front parlour, huge teas and hellfire sermons"... I'm not sure how long ago I first read J.L. Carr's A Month in the Country - maybe 20 years  - but when I spotted a copy of ... Read More...