So how does it survive this possibly awkward transmutation? The answer, in short, is extremely well. David Hewson – the author of more than a dozen detective novels set in Italy and with no need to stoop to anything too hurriedly commercial – has taken what was television gold and turned it into literary gold. Indeed, he has done it so well that his book is now being translated and readied for publication in Danish. He has kept the gloomy Scandi atmosphere we all seem to love, and his writing – with a few early exceptions, and repeated references to Lund’s eyes being “lustrous” (twice), “shining”, “staring”, “interesting”, “interested”, and just “large” – is taut: “Back in their office. An empty pack of crisps on ... Continue reading →

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31 Mar 2012 By Quiverbow Based on the recent television crime drama of the same name, David Hewson (responsible for the Nic Costa series) comes up with a story that has Deputy Superintendent Sarah Lund looking forward to her last day in the Copenhagen Police Department before upping sticks and taking the short trip across the Orsund Strait to Sweden. However, any hope of her moving is put on hold when the call comes in that the body of a female in her late teens has been discovered.The author helpfully lists all 38 principal characters involved, with their position in life so you know who is who, with the narrative supposedly set within a 20-day timeline, but Friday, 31st October to Friday, 21st November, inclusive, ... Continue reading →

I am currently in California with a group of young conservatives introducing them to the legacy of Ronald Reagan, which will include a visit to his former home, Rancho del Cielo, that was preserved for the nation by the Young America's Foundation. Yesterday I visited the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. It reminds you quite how inspirational and uplifting Reagan's rhetoric was. His remarks in Grenada, freed from communist leadership, particularly resonated with me when he said: "In free societies, people do not live in fear. They never worry that criticising the government will lead to a late knock on the door, an arrest by some goon squad. When people are free, their rights to speak and to pray are protected by law. And ... Continue reading →

The government has announced that it will be developing new ways to snoop on email and web traffic. This Kafka-esque “Intercept Modernisation Plan”, was stopped near the end of the last government, but was quietly revived in the 2010 Spending Review (read more here) as the “Communications Capabilities Development Programme”. Now, closed-door discussions have been revealed: legislation will be proposed in May. We need to tell the government to stop this wasteful, intrusive plan for wholesale snooping on our daily lives. 11,668 people have signed so far Please sign our petition – and tell your friends Dear David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Theresa May, I do not want the government to try to intercept every UK email, facebook account and online communication. It would be ... Continue reading →

A database built to hold the fingerprints and personal details of millions of ID card holders has been destroyed. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/news/database-destruction Continue reading →