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The Blue Letter Factory
This is how you talk dirty, you talk dirty to me.
10 September 2026
The Plane to Belfast
Our new columnist travels to a corner of the country to meet and dine with a friend. His first trip is to Northern Ireland.
27 July 2026
Gaff
A short story that concerns a successful Millennial Irish author.
30 April 2026
Turn Up for the Books
After lockdown lifted, our writer spent three years in search of the perfect book club, only to find that no two readers are ever on the same page.
30 June 2025
The Beadlean Library
Legendary presenter Jeremy Beadle had a big secret hiding in his Oxfordshire mansion.
3 June 2025
Scunthorpe Revisited
In 2003, a little black book was published that struck at the real core values of British life: bodged buildings, massive class anxiety and rampant self-loathing.
10 April 2025
Snooker Loopy
Two writers face off in a grudge match of snooker: the fanciful, ludicrous game of punished error and forced embarrassment. Róisín Lanigan cues off first...
9 December 2024
All Possible Plots II
You could read a book, but why bother? Here, we list all the possible plots every author could come up with instead.
20 August 2024Most Popular
The Blue Letter Factory
This is how you talk dirty, you talk dirty to me.
10 September 2026The Plane to Belfast
Our new columnist travels to a corner of the country to meet and dine with a friend. His first trip is to Northern Ireland.
27 July 2026
All Possible Plots by Major Authors
We praise canonical authors for their boundless imagination. Then why do all their plots feel the same?
8 September 2020Gaff
A short story that concerns a successful Millennial Irish author.
30 April 2026