Author Description

Fingers to the Keyboard (FTTK) is a series of four paperback books based on four earlier ebooks containing articles covering a wide variety of topics, many of which were posted on my website over a period of six years starting in 2015. FTTK Book 1 includes articles categorised as book reviews (Is Oliver Kamm right when he says ‘rules is rules’ is okay, and did Hilary Mantel deserve her two Man Booker awards?), Brexit (The bane of David Cameron and Theresa May’s political lives; read what happened when the Queen sacked the government and put members of the royal family in charge), computer and internet topics (Do you know your files from your folders and have you ever been pwned?), English grammar idiosyncrasies (Where are you on the Oxford comma—for or against?— and if ‘ruthless’ means without mercy or pity, what does ‘ruth’ mean?), humour-driven stories (Is visiting a barber’s the same as visiting a men’s urinal, and why apple and baked bean soup has its attractions?), and driving on motorways (Why are smart motorways a dumb idea?). Each book contains a comprehensive index, and is liberally illustrated with an assortment of photographs, cartoons, screen grabs and other artistic creations. References, where needed, are either in-text or included as footnotes.