Written in 1949, The Screaming Mimi is probably Fredric Brown’s most popular book. It is certainly one of my favourites. I first discovered it in my early twenties, back in the days when I used to browse the bookshelves in … Continue reading
Written by Mark Stevens, Broadmoor Revealed is a collection of stories about a handful of Victorian Broadmoor inmates. The asylum’s archives became available for public access in 2008. As professional archivist responsible for the records of Britain’s first Criminal Lunatic … Continue reading
Book reviews are useful, aren’t they? Whether written by a professional book reviewer (whatever one of those is) or a reader on Amazon, or in a blog. I very rarely buy a book without reading a review first. There have … Continue reading