John F. Watt has been a mystery that has me mystified since the 1980s. He was a prolific writer, but almost nothing appeared under his own...

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Some final random jottings inspired by my approaching fiftieth birthday. My fascination with research developed out of the early good expe...

More random jottings inspired by my approaching fiftieth birthday. I started writing in the late 1970s as a direct result of my interest i...

More random ramblings inspired by my upcoming fiftieth birthday. I used to keep a list of all the books I'd read. I don't know...

I'm approaching fifty and it's supposed to be a time of reflection and reassessment. Bugger that. What I'm going to do instead i...

John Griffiths, a regular cover artist for Penguin Books in the 1960s and 1970s, died on 13 March 2012, aged 85. Griffiths, born in London...

A recent post on Norman Pett's Jane listed a Birmingham company called Rylee Ltd. amongst his publishers. A little investigating turn...

Hopefully you've seen the announcement that the Gwyn Evans bio is now finished and due out next week. I'm still waiting on the pro...

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