Brian Stacey
kez59.bsky.social
Brian Stacey
@kez59.bsky.social
Still Crazy After All These Years. A sexagenarian who loves music, reading, football, walking and the odd Appleton’s Rum! 😎
Virgil’s epic, told with momentum, clarity, and poetic force.

Read my 5 star review of Virgil’s “The Aenied” translated by Scott McGill & Susannah Wight. #books #reading
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Brian's review of The Aeneid
5/5: Virgil’s epic, told with momentum, clarity, and poetic force. “But if my powers are not great enough, I will not hesitate to ask for help from any source: if I cannot persuade the gods above,...
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January 15, 2026 at 5:03 PM
“‘No, he’s finished, it’s over.’ So, the more I heard that, I was like: Right, you fuckers, I’m finished yeah?”

An excellent account of the great music he has made.

Read my 4 star review of “Paul Weller, Dancing Through the Fire” By Dan Jennings
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January 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
‘Give me back the good old days,’ said Frost. ‘If your suspect wouldn’t talk you kneed him in the groin, wrote his statement yourself and forged his signature.’

Read my 5 star review of A Killing Frost by R.D. Wingfield.
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November 23, 2024 at 11:33 AM
“This bloody mortuary was becoming a second home – so many nasty murder cases, so many days and nights watching Drysdale methodically cutting and slicing.'

Read my 5 star review of ‘Winters Frost’ the 5th Jack Frost book by R.D. Wingfield.
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November 21, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Foulmouthed, scruffy, disobedient, staggering from one crisis to another in the middle of a nightmare, that’s Jack Frost. Gritty, dark and very funny.The 5th book in the D.I. Jack Frost series

Read my 5 star review of ‘Hard Frost’ by R.D. Wingfield
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November 18, 2024 at 4:17 PM
It’ always sad when a favourite writer passes taking your favourite characters along with them, but George Smiley I think may stick around a while longer, it feels like he’s in safe hands

Read my 5 star review of ‘Karla’s Choice’ by Nick Harkaway
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November 14, 2024 at 9:22 AM