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The fantastic new novel by Irish bestselling author Ciara Geraghty - a bittersweet, quirky tale about letting love in and learning to live.

From the soaring heights of wealth and prosperity to the wild whirlwind of the 70's music scene, the March selection from Madman has it all.

'Danny Bhoy: Live at the Festival Theatre', 'The Intouchables', 'The Hour (Series 2)', 'Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars', and 'The Great Mint Swindle'.

In a TIME magazine list of the top 10 graphic novels for last year, I found this picture of the number three book on the list, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. It's Superman, but not as we know him.

Quentin Crisp once said: "The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."

You know how it is when the friendly waitperson offers the dessert menu - and everyone hesitates? No-one wants to be first to mutter, "Oh, go on then", even if you are secretly hanging out for crème brûlée or chocolate mud cake. Or pudding. Yay, pudding!

The newspaper paragraph that slayed me lately was the one in which writer and satirist P J O'Rourke admitted to not being able to "work a computer".

My book, Resilient Aging, has just been published and I wanted to let you know about it. I've attached a flyer that includes a cover picture and a brief description of the book.

Courtesy of Lindsey Dawson. Oh, such care people are taking not to offend. So fragile have ...

I've always had a short attention span, which is probably what led me to be reading an article on the internet about a study into whether or not instant messaging contributes to task interruption. They may well have discovered that there are countless peo