My apologies for the hiatus on the site - it's been over a year since I've posted any new material either here on the blog, or on the website. Really, there are no excuses I can offer that won't sound either pathetic or self-serving. Put it down to a year long torpor. Anyway, it's my intention to rectify that, particularly to keep things more up to date in what I've been writing, reading, watching and listening to. Over the next week or so, I'll be posting updates here on the