I’d be a big fan. But this is a sports book thread. He was a travel writer.
It’s deliberately monotonous, but once you get the hang of it you can just skip those paragraphs 
As I recommended elsewhere on here recently
And I’ve fuck all interest in rowing
That’s his style in fairness. His books are hard work but enjoyable.
Channel four had a brilliant three part adaptation of his novels called Red Riding starring Paddy Considine, Andrew Garfield, Sean Bean and a good few other quality actors. It was excellent is somewhat grim
That’s any film set in Yorkshire for you. Funny for a bit, then everyone dies.
Hanging from the rafters is a terrific read.
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Thanks. Saw that one, most enjoyably. Terrific piece.
Daragh is a friend – and an excellent writer. Was on to him about it.
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Daragh Is a nice man. Big fan.
Question.
I was always taught that the correct statement is “different to”, but “different from” seems to becoming increasingly widespread in journalism. Is either correct ?
Both terms are used (as is ‘different than’). And all three usages are licensed simply by their ubiquity. But seemingly ‘different from’ is viewed as more correct.
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There’s something I learned today.
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So its all the same differents?
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So to speak… Touché.
I can see, semantically, why ‘from’ would be the preferred preposition – because it is a preposition in which inheres the idea of spatial division.
A season with Verona is as good a sports book as you will read.
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@Malarkey I was summoned by a neighbour earlier. He’s in his mid 80s and a hurling fanatic. He had this photo copied for my dad who’s a little bit sick at the moment.
He knew members of the family I was told.
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Seriously, a small t. Is it that fucking hard.