Why buy a book? To get a fictional train ticket
How do you still sell physical products in a digital age? For some firms it’s no problem. Digital toilet paper after all is no substitute for the physical stuff. … Read the full post »
Here you can read all my reviews of books, and assorted matters – such as why I love printed books. They’re so much better than e-books.
How do you still sell physical products in a digital age? For some firms it’s no problem. Digital toilet paper after all is no substitute for the physical stuff. … Read the full post »
Terry Pratchett’s 40th Discworld novel reminds me of the final episode of the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Different genre, different medium, but very similar. … Read the full post »
CJ Sansom’s novel ponders what if Winston Churchill had not become British Prime Minister in 1940? His appointment turned on a small number of face to face conversations involving a handful of people, which makes for a great jumping off point for an alternative history. … Read the full post »
Grab an armful of business leadership books from your nearest bookshop and look through them for advice on how to treat staff … Read the full post »
Peter Hart’s book 1918 is a fascinating account of the last year of fighting on the Western Front during World War One. … Read the full post »
John Seddon’s study of how to improve public services suffers from a broad and breezy set of dismissals of nearly anyone he doesn’t fully agree with. … Read the full post »
Stuart Ball’s collections of election posters from the Conservative Party Archive at the Bodleian is really two books in one. … Read the full post »
Back in the early and mid 1990s David Osborne and Ted Gaebler’s book, Reinventing Government, had its turn in the trendy policy wonk sun. It’s still a useful read. … Read the full post »
I remember reading Edmund Crispin’s detective thriller The Moving Toyshop as a child and enjoying it hugely. Alas, re-reading as an adult was not such fun. … Read the full post »
Many British journalists are so keen to have a good story to run, they are easily bought off and distracted by government spin doctors… … Read the full post »