The moving finger

It's now official that Chris Chibnall and Jodie Whittaker will be leaving Doctor Who in 2022, and a new showrunner should be appointed ...

Most of my favourite fiction was published in the late 20th century, but here I round up the 21st century fiction that I've discovered a...

El capítulo 10 de El Ministerio del Tiempo es uno de los mejores capítulos, pero ilustra un problema con toda la serie: los guionistas no h...

Here is a combined timeline of the two alternative worlds described in S. M. Stirling's novel Conquistador (2003). The timeline is inte...

The Commonwealth of New Virginia is a country described in S. M. Stirling's novel Conquistador (2003). It exists in an alternative worl...

El Ministerio del Tiempo (the Ministry of Time) is the title of a new Spanish television series, of which two episodes have so far aired. I...

It was long ago that I first read H. Beam Piper's 1948 story with the above title, I've read it from time to time over the years, an...

I've just finished playing Crusader Kings II to completion for the first time, from 1066 to 1453 AD. It took me three weeks, during whic...

Having had less work to do than usual for the last two weeks, I've accumulated more experience of the Crusader Kings II game, and I'...

Please see my previous post for an introduction to Crusader Kings II. Rather cheekily, for my third game I decided to play as Harold II of ...