Ah, so Princess Margaret’s tiara was bought by a female buyer who flew in from China. What’s the betting she is either the wife of a party official or one herself – a Chinese Imelda Marcos or Cherie Blair. Ain’t communism wonderful?

Stepping onto the learning curve…
Here we go, my first ever blog entry. To be honest I was a bit unsure about starting this since I waste enough time on the Internet anyway, flicking from message board to message board when I really should be turning out words that pay. But blogging seems a way to consolidate in one place all my disparate bullshit.
So who am I? I’m Neal Asher, science fiction writer, one time skip driver, coal man, contract grass cutter, toolmaker, builder, barman and much else besides. So, bearing in mind my background, be warned, this blog is not going to be politically correct, it is not going to necessarily agree with the right, left, bottom, top, middle or upside down. However, I will try to make it interesting…