If you’ve emailed me recently and I’ve not replied, I’m not being rude (or at least more rude than usual) nor am I hiding my head in embarassment at being caught out by Prof. Roberts for putting an apostrophe in Finnegans Wake (oh the shame! But at least the smackdown was discreet - I’ve always said Adam Roberts was a class act).

Back to the point… I’ve suffered serious - possibly fatal - computer collapse and am currently almost entirely offline.

 I can read email at work but not reply.

Normal service may be some days or even a couple of weeks from resuming. Apologies in the interim.