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CORONA CRIME Chapter 5: “The Pope was 124 when he died”

In Chapter 5 of “Corona Crime”, the ultimate post-coronavirus sci-fi thriller, we learn that the number of victims about to die at the Hughes Procreation Center in Santa Monica is ten thousand, two hundred and eighty-five. Last year I published the first few chapters of my new novel CORONA CRIME. They included Chapter 1 “Jake Moonrath sets off to re-possess a

27 March 2021 No Comments

Existential/women

How to cope with uncertainty during the Coronavirus pandemic

How to cope with uncertainty during the coronavirus crisis? Dealing with uncertainty is easier with practice and a bit of structure. ‘Are you refusing to

30 May 2020 1 Comment

Existential/women

Barbara Kingsolver: Unsheltered: 9 reasons (not) to despair

A review of Barbara Kingsolver: Unsheltered, reflecting on what it says about the mood of contemporary America. With numerous quotations from “Unsheltered”. Barbara Kingsolver is

23 May 2020 1 Comment

Journalism

Reasons to like Austria – and 30 exclusive pictures

Ten reasons to like Austria, ranging from flak towers in Vienna to food, lakes, mountains, statues, counterculture, art, traditions and ancient mysteries. As the coronavirus crisis

16 May 2020 5 Comments

Existential/women

English passion, Finnish passion, German passion

English passion? Or German? It is risky to draw generalisations about the sex lives of other nations. But sometimes it’s amusing to try. Finnish passion

9 May 2020 No Comments

Reviews

Should you read W Somerset Maugham in the 21st century?

Should you read W Somerset Maugham? The one-time master of the short story has fallen out of fashion. But his tales can still electrify. To

2 May 2020 No Comments

Existential/women

Robert Pimm videos – my new YouTube channel will cheer you up

The “Robert Pimm Videos” YouTube channel is a great way to get to know Robert Pimm and his writing. Check out the new YouTube channel.

25 April 2020 2 Comments

Biography

20 pictures of Lesotho. 10 reasons to love the beautiful mountain kingdom

During the coronavirus lockdown I cheered myself up by looking at some of my pictures of Lesotho. Then I thought “maybe these would cheer up

18 April 2020 No Comments

Biography

Robert Pimm readings in Berlin and Vienna – and a Reichstag tunnel

Robert Pimm readings: in February 2020, before Coronavirus, I did two readings in Berlin from my thriller Blood Summit, and one in Vienna, from my black comedy Seven

13 April 2020 No Comments

Biography

Interview with Robert Pimm: Sixty Seconds of questions

Interview with Robert Pimm: someone recently did an interview with me using the “60 Seconds” format. I found the questions searching, and had to invest

11 April 2020 No Comments

Existential/women

Ten reasons to like Turkey – and 14 beautiful pictures

I know at least 80 million reasons to like Turkey. Turks are tremendous people with immense culture, wonderful history and a great language. But here

5 April 2020 4 Comments

Journalism

Coronavirus Vienna (with 36 pictures you never saw before)

One person’s experience of Coronavirus Vienna: lockdown, closures – and a wonderful city, even in coronavirus times. Plus 36 pictures of Vienna in lockdown. When

29 March 2020 2 Comments

Existential/women

George Eliot epigrams: Middlemarch

George Eliot epigrams are worth careful study. Elegant, wise and funny, they burst from the text of her epic novel “Middlemarch”. Here are 25 beauties.

21 March 2020 No Comments