Time is against us Published on March 18, 2025March 16, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Human scales The universe is often an obstacle to science fiction. Read More
Spoken or written Published on March 11, 2025March 10, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Proper language The two aspects sometimes sit uneasily together. Read More
Handwriting Published on February 4, 2025February 2, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Legibility The old-fashioned art still has some use. Read More
Genre fiction Published on January 14, 2025January 12, 2025 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Choosing books How do you encourage people to read? Read More
Christmas cards (II) Published on December 10, 2024December 8, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Chronicles Including the unimportant is important. Read More
Christmas cards Published on December 3, 2024December 2, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Staying in touch How many people do you actually see regularly? Read More
Unimportant history Published on September 17, 2024September 16, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Obscure biography A book about someone we’d never heard of turns out to be unexpectedly interesting. Read More
Getting the stars right Published on August 13, 2024August 12, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com Does it matter? We wonder how careful a fiction author really needs to be. Read More
Responsibility Published on July 23, 2024July 21, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com The passive voice Sometimes it’s hard to work out who is responsible. It’s only going to get harder. Read More
Long reads Published on May 28, 2024May 27, 2024 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com An unfair advantage How many people read a thousand-page book? Read More