It's not me, it's my thesis...

... which is due in about four weeks. Oh, dear, dear.

So I'm sorry for being neglectful.

But in the meantime - Obama. Mad Men. Anne Tyler. Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-5. Simon Schama's History of Britain. Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino. Don Watson's American Journeys. Movida.

I promise I'll be back.