Bibliogryphon

Loved Julian May's books read all her SF and fantasy from The Many Coloured Land onwards. Got into them by accident my GF bought MCL from a second hand stall on Leeds market after he had her money the stall holder revealed that Julian May was actually a woman which put her off reading it so I read it instead.

Damn this has scuppered my chances for this year and I thought Greg Gilbert was the one I had to worry about.

Don't think JW will be going any where soon. Of course if the question which one of them is the most over-rated then it would be a close run thing. Though compared to J K Rowling they are both second division.

He was walking with a stick when the BBC did a kids book photo shoot a few years back but he outlasted Terry Pratchett.

Recently intervied on R4 Today programme. Very alert no indication of any lingering condition. Yes he should be on the radar but I think he will make 90.

Leslie Phillips because its all gone quiet.

Just beat me to it by a minute

Charlotte 12th in 2017 and confusingly George was 3rd most popular on the boys list but whether that is in response to George could be debated. It is also to be noted that a lot of 'old fashioned' names are making a comeback where children are named for Grandparents.

Charlotte has been in the top 10 for a long time.

V S Naipaul (1932) David Storey (1933) Salman Rushdie (1947) Thomas Keneally (1935) J M Coetzee (1940) Keri Hume (1947) Penelope Lively (1933) Peter Carey (1943) Kazuo Ishiguro (1954) A S Byatt (1936) Ben Okri (1959) Michael Ondaatje (1943) Roddy Doyle (1958) James Kelman (1946) Pat Barker (1943) Graham Swift (1949) Arundhati Roy (1961) Ian McEwan (1948) Margaret Atwood (1939) Yann Martel (1963) DBC Pierre (1961) Alan Hollinghurst (1954) John Banville (1945) Kiran Desai (1971) Anne Enright (1962) Aravind Adiga (1974) Hilary Mantel (1952) Howard Jacobson (1942) Julian Barnes (1946) Eleanor Catton (1985) Richard Flanagan (1961) Marlon James (1970) Paul Beatty (1962) George Saunders (1958) Updated for 2018 and to remove Berger A S Byatt might be one to keep an eye on.

George Soros has donated 3/4 of his multi-billion fortune to his democracy foundation.

The Italian guy at our three day meeting in Madrid today told me at lunch he had booked himself one of the last available tickets for the game.

George - Great Grandfather & Charlotte feminine of Charles. I forgot Charlotte had Elizabeth as one of her middle names or that Catherine had a brother James. If it is a boy they should call him Spencer to annoy everyone.

I think that they might surprise us. Philippa or Elizabeth for a girl and I keep thinking James for a boy even though Viscount Seven is called James.

Yes he died in January.

This is the effect that the Catalonia issue is having on the rest of Spain a sudden desire to wrap themselves in the national flag. There are loads of buildings that look like this

Apparently she is going to be doing public appearances to promote her new autobiography so she can't be that bad.

Prince Regent - Temporary occupant of the throne

Valerie Leon just tweeted this picture of herself and Fenella Fielding

Andrew Lloyd-Webber is to retire from the House of Lords but he says it is not health related he is just too busy.

Madrid yesterday afternoon

Roy Dotrice is a hit for me.

Roy Dotrice is my Ace of Spades

On twitter a lot of people are posting pictures of Sean Locke not Sean Hughes

Thought Roy Dotrice would be a hit here.