To whoever mentioned Bill Bryson: I get the feeling that I've read all of his books full stop (check out "Mother Tongue", on linguistics) but I love his new book of collected articles and must look at the Mail on Sunday to see if he still writes them every week. I think his TV series (Sunday nights, ITV, 7pm) is OK too, although he's a bit patronising and makes the entire UK look like the grey hell of Bedford - having been to St Petersburg in late December makes even Bedford feel like heaven. But I can't fault him and he's one of those authors that I have to read over and over again... Louise l.stanley@lse.ac.uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+