Been too busy writing (and marking) to blog recently, but here’s a fantastic video, full of fun references, of the single from Erykah Badu’s great new album. Check it out. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW5P2r2dIbA]

This week I’ve read two books that stuck in my mind. I picked up The Suspicions of Mr Whicher after seeing it discussed on Late Review. It was as engrossing as the panel suggested – keeping me fully occupied on a flight to and from the lovely Polish city of Krakow. The subject is a Victorian murder mystery that fascinated and inspired Wilkie Collins (leading to ‘The Moonstone’) and Charles Dickens, meticulously told by Kate Summerscale. Today Which resident of the locked house killed the toddler? is a mystery that can be solved with a little googling, but Summerscale takes the story further and comes up with chilling suggestions. I’ve been a big fan of the 33 1/3 series of short books about rock albums…