This week Mr Slang settles back into the deep leather armchair in his favourite corner of the club and raises a fourth glass of port to the famous Loamshire regiment, heroes of innumerable imaginary battles... ‘All that remains is the orderly –sergeant’s voice reading orders to the new blood in the ... Read More...
Fiction
I have in my possession, courtesy of Penguin Classics, three very big, very beautiful hardback copies of the newly published Complete Stories by Kingsley Amis. Expensive too, they retail at £25 each – but you can win one free. I hardly need introduce Kinglsey to erudite Dabblers, but his short stories ... Read More...
Mr Slang shines a light on another hero of slang, this time from the world of pulp fiction... I reached for the doorknob of Linda LaMarre’s dressing room. Before I could turn it I heard a gurgling screech from inside, followed by a heavy thud. I yanked the portal open, catapulted ... Read More...
In an occasional series Daniel Kalder examines the literary endeavours of the world's dictators. This week we remember the lavishly browed and latterly decrepit Leonid Brezhnev, the author of the Soviet Private Ryan. Master of the USSR in his lifetime, Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982) is best remembered today for his exceedingly hairy eyebrows ... Read More...
