A renowned novelist, biographer and critic, Peter Ackroyd is one of Britain's greatest living writers. His latest project is the epic, six-volume A History of England, the first volume of which, Foundation, takes us from England's distant prehistory to the death of Henry VII in 1509, and is published in ... Read More...
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Congratulations and cream buns to quiz experts Adelephant and Jonathan Law. The former gets the mega-bun for a very thorough answer. Click continue for the official solution... 17034 ... Read More...
In our special two-part quiz, Brit the Elder has supplied 15 cryptic clues: see part 1 for the first 7 clues (but don't read the comments if you don't want to know the answers); the rest are below. Don't forget that to make it extra tricksy, the answers are all connected. ... Read More...
This week we have another fiendish mega-quiz from Brit's Dad to keep you occupied in the last week of the holidays. As with the previous one, it comes in two parts. Brit the Elder has supplied 15 cryptic clues: the first 7 clues are below, the rest will follow tomorrow. To ... Read More...
From the archives, a guest post on a great Romanian diva from the remarkable blogger Gadjo Dilo... Mr. Gaw has kindly offered me the chance to contribute to this estimable blog. I had my own - now suspended due to pressure of work – where I liked to post about cultural life here ... Read More...
Our friends at Slightly Foxed (the real readers' quarterly - buy a subscription now!) have once again kindly allowed The Dabbler to dip into its rich archives. With the world's financial markets once again in turmoil, we thought this article from the Spring 2010 edition (issue 21) would be appropriate, as ... Read More...
Dabbler reader Steve Buckley recommends a cricket classic, sometimes described as "the greatest sports book ever written"... In his 1965 article ‘How to Build a Cricket Library’, John Arlott had Beyond a Boundary by CLR James as one of his essential twenty books on the game. Does anyone read it anymore? You ... Read More...
Quiz genius Adelephant triumphs again! Well done to Worm also, and thanks to Jonathan Law for a great quiz. Click continue for the full answer 15789 ... Read More...
This week's devilishly fiendish Round Blogworld Quiz question (see the previous ones and their solutions here) has been set by expert solver and League of Dabblers stalwart Jonathan Law. As usual, find the link between these cryptic clues. A point for each item you get, and an imaginary cream bun ... Read More...
In an exclusive article for The Dabbler, Mark Mason, author of this month's Dabbler Book Club choice Walk the Lines (published today), explains how he came to walk the entire London Underground network, overground... My project to walk the entire London Underground network overground started as a way of ‘conquering’ the city – ... Read More...
