More lists

In the Times this week, a list of books not to read before you die. Which inevitably overlap with those you should.

Briefly summarised:

1. Pride and Prejudice
2. The Iliad
3. War and Peace
4. The Beauty Myth
5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
6. The Dice Man
7. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu
8. For Whom the Bell Tolls
9. Lord of the Rings
10. Ulysses

I have started, or made reasonable progress with, six of them, and have ruled none of them out (though I don't like the sound of The Dice Man).

Enough of lists, I think, and the endless judgement of what should be.

The best thing about the Olympics ...

Or at least one of the best things, is that it's one of the few times that football isn't deemed far more important than anything else.