The end of the road

A sad day: after more than three years of top-notch blogging, Inspector Sands has decided to call it quits. Of course, when I say it's a sad day, I mean for us readers - for the Inspector it'll feel like something of a relief, given his confession that the enjoyment's drained out of it recently. For the past couple of years Casino Avenue has been one of my daily reads, one of the first blogs I'll click onto in the morning - and, inevitably, the source of numerous choice links and titbits of information. So, thanks Inspector, and best wishes for the future. (He'll still be writing over here, mind...)

But as one Avenue closes, another one opens up. Paul and Stu of the Newcastle-based Tonto Press have started a blog, and, in a similar vein to SWSL, the most recent pair of posts detail their current recommendations: music, film and - naturally - short fiction.

And then there's Hint Of Sarcasm, a fellow Cardiff-based blog written by a chap with a Smiths / Morrissey fixation. What's not to like?