Dr Bryn

The Stranglers Hits 77-90, 5 May 2012

There are alot of adjectives that could discribe this CD...the one I will use is Superb!!!!! Hits that span The Stranglers musical progession. Love it...nothing more to add really, for all Stranglers fans, it does what it says on the tin. Buy it, treasure it, keep listening to it, and when it gets stratched to bits buy another...like few select lyrics from 'Peaches' state....."thats what I'm preaching..."

The Dog by Kerstin Ekman, 21 April 2011

'When does something begin? It doesn't begin. There's always something else before it.'

The opening lines from Ekman's 'The Dog', which is more akin to an academic paper on philosophy rather then a novella on the survival of a domestic dog within the savage wilds of an untamed Swedish forest. However, this novel is more then just a story of a lost pup fighting for it's survival. Following the dog's experiences as he gains distance from it's domesticated beginings to a feral existence, and eventually to face re-awakened domestic memories of puppy hood as he gains trust once more in humans. Indeed, Ekman's short story is a philsophical journey through the gamets of emotions as… Read more

Random Deaths and Custard by Catrin Dafydd, 20 April 2011

Mae hwn yn llyfr bach gwych!!! (This is a brilliant little book!!!)...Catrin Dafydd explores the relationship of life's ups and downs of the totally adorable heroine 'Sam'. Sam's comic journey through the validity of her dysfunctional family, strange friends, and boring job at the custard factory; coupled with her awareness of the strange random deaths cropping up with ever increasing frequency around her, is without doubt a peice of classic observational comic writing. This is the Addams Family in Wales!!

Dafydd's novel is worthy to sit as an equal amongst the kitchen sink gritty realism of authors of the elk of John Braine, Alan Sillitoe, Keith Waterhouse, and David… Read more