Colombia on your doorstep

Go to this. That's an order.

More Italy, More England

Affaritaliani and Lestaret have a few things to say.

And I agree with all of them.

Italian wisdom

A thoughtful blog posting and subsequent conversation on the PoV in Italy by some people clearly well-versed in art.

Click here to see Lankelot.eu

A Slice of Culture?

Fancy a Slice of Culture? A Slice of Life? Well, then you'd do as well to pop by here.

A new blog on all things cultural by colleague and cultural firebrand Anna Jenkinson. Have a look. Go on. I dare you.

Viennese musings

Sylvia Petter, an Australian writer based in Vienna and the author of Back Burning, has just published this review of the PoV. She certainly knows a thing or two about Vienna.

Have a look at her blog Merc's World here. And there is more on Back Burning here.

Pictures (in colour) & Words (in Italian)

In Italy I met a delightful anglophile called Marilia Piccone, who interviewed me for the WUZ.it. In a bit of role reversal, I reckon it was more stimulating and engaging for the interviewee (me) than the interviewer (her)!

Not only has she written a review (here), but she's also published the interview (here) complete with a great choice of Schiele's works.

The Best Day of My Life

A new anthology entitled "The Best Day of My Life" has just hit the shelves. It brings together a load of short stories by people like Phil "The Power" Taylor, Mike Gayle and Sophie Kinsella talking about - unsurprisingly - the best days of their lives were.

For a sneak preview, click here and you can read the moving story by James Corden (from Gavin and Stacey).

It's all for charity (The Sporting Chance Foundation), so put your hand in your pocket. Go on.

Also included are James Crossley (formerly 'Hunter' off Gladiators) and little me.

Caught in a spam filter

Once again I've been caught in an email spam-filter... I should perhaps avoid inflammatory titles in the future.

Google is an unforgiving mistress.

Have a look at the Stuck in a Book blog.

Keeping a breast of Italian TV

An Italian TV channel has broadcast this piece intercutting an interview with me with shots of Vienna and excerpts of a Schiele film from the 1980s. It involves some breasts. Not mine.

Get up at 3:AM

The acclaimed webzine 3:AM has published this interview with me where I side-step the question about my next book by making a joke about sex in a chip-shop.

Lame and cowardly, I know.