Many thanks to all contributors to this thread. Skirting around my sense of guilt at how little time I find I can give to solid reading these days, there are all sorts of stimulating new suggestions there - as well as encouraging nudges to revisit old classics to see how I react to them 40 or 50 years on.
The WH Smiths 2017 Diary and the 2017 Plymouth White Pages were both fascinating reads!
Seriously though, I had a bit of a thing for the "Four Horsemen" last year and particularly enjoyed:
"The End of Faith" by Sam Harris
"The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins
"The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins
"Arguably" A collection of Christopher Hitchens pieces.
In fiction:
"The Book of Dave" by Will Self
"The Double" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Kill the Father by Sandstone Dazieri
I saw it in the top 10 all year while passing through airports so finally gave in and tried it. The book is translated from Italian which works ok and dishes out exactly what you'd expect from a No.1 thriller.
This week's Friday Night Video is a portrait of a prolific climbing photographer from Wedge Climbing. Sam Pratt is well known in both the outdoor and competition scene but if you haven't heard of him, you've likely seen...