I found this on the London Library Advent calendar. Just the perfect image for anything a little Christmassy with a…
Time for some seasonal greetings from the front. The traditional Christmas message of charity, reconciliation, and peace on earth now ensured…
Literary reputations come and go, rise and fall like food fads and fashion. Marjorie Pickthall - once so highly regarded that…
Hard to think of a better example of misplaced romantic nostalgia than yearning for the days before the era of…
I've been reading the quite wonderful Tirzah Garwood memoir Long Live Great Barfield - a book that deserves several posts…
It's December and the full onslaught of the cultural waterboarding of commercial Christmas is about to roll out. Before it…
"You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon," said the niece, indicating a large…
We had just evacuated all the students to the playground, lined them up and done a head count. It wasn't…
Langston Hughes wrote this in 1935. It had meaning and relevance then. It still has. Read it. Let America Be…
Some strolls have a destination. And so it was on the day we crossed the park by Harlem Meer at…