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“Uncle Fred in the Springtime” by P G Wodehouse
A review of Uncle Fred in the Springtime, one of PG Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle comedies. Bonus: 21 springy quotations. The six Blandings Castle novels by PG Wodehouse in my Folio Society edition are: Summer Lightning Heavy Weather Uncle Fred in the Springtime Full Moon Pigs have Wings Service with a Smile I have so far reviewed those highlighted in the bold
“Blood Summit”: 2 videos at the Reichstag
I made two videos to publicise two live readings in Berlin in February 2020. I comment them both. A video by Sibylle Trost of me
The Americans 1979 – a voyage around America
Welcome to “The Americans: 1979”. Who are the Americans? What can they teach us in the 21st Century? A convicted killer, a lawyer, a Ford
Middlemarch by George Eliot: 26 quotes on gender and relationships
Middlemarch by George Eliot was written in 1871. Yet its sexual politics are contemporary. So too are its brilliant wit and wisdom. 26 quotes on
Hotel Story No.8: Seven Ukrainian Girls and a million sausages
An introduction to, and excerpt from, my short story “Seven Ukrainian Girls” – Number 8 in the “Hotel Stories” short story series. Welcome to a brand
“Blood Summit” readings in Berlin 21-22 February
It is time to plan your weekend in Berlin. I shall be doing two readings from my thriller Blood Summit in Berlin on 21 and 22
Vienna’s best cafés: the ultimate guide from a local
What are Vienna’s best cafes? How can you find the best Viennese cafe for you? Start here with Robert Pimm’s fun, objective and characterful Vienna
Blood Summit: a Berlin thriller
Welcome to the opening chapters of my Berlin thriller, Blood Summit. I wrote Blood Summit from my personal experience, after years of working with real terrorist
Sex, alcohol, people, knowledge: what makes you happy?
I’m sitting on a high-speed train, next to the window, with an empty paper cup. How can I make myself happier? What lessons can we
10 rules on how to work better: my father’s list, part 2
My blog of January 2016 recorded the discovery of a handwritten list of ten rules of behaviour amongst my father’s papers, two years after his death in
John Connolly’s Charlie Parker novels: why you should read them
What are the John Connolly “Charlie Parker” novels about? Should you read them, and where should you start? My answer, based on reading four novels
Vienna unfriendly? San Francisco a hell-hole?
Respectable Austrian news service APA has published a report saying, and I quote, “according to employees sent abroad by companies, Vienna is the third-most unfriendly
“He knew he was right” by Anthony Trollope
In “He Knew He Was Right”, Anthony Trollope shows he is an outstanding writer on relationships between the sexes. Lessons on gender from 1869 are
Cunard literary cruise 2020: a Cheltenham Literary Festival at Sea
How was the Cunard Literary Cruise 2020? Would I go on the 2021 version? Would I bite your hand off to have another chance? What about
Reading tips: Goldfinger by Ian Fleming
“Goldfinger” by Ian Fleming is not one of the best books of all time, but is nonetheless a time capsule of 1950s homophobia which also highlights
A complete short story: “Taxi to London”
I wrote the following story as flash fiction at a writing course I attended recently at Loutro on Crete (links in bold italics are to other posts
Story ideas: where to get them
Five great ways you can turn your own experience – whatever it is – into compelling storylines, story ideas and writing prompts. I have finished
4 astonishing facts about “The Third Man”
Have you seen the classic 1949 British thriller The Third Man (links in bold italics are to other posts on this site)? If not, watch it immediately! Either way,
Pictures from my reading in Innsbruck
What do you think a reading with Robert Pimm looks like? I was delighted on 18 October to read from my Berlin thriller Blood Summit in
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