It's London in wartime, in the blackout before the Blitz and the streets of Soho are full of characters straight…
With May being coronation month and all, the NYTimes Cooking section has a selection of dishes it deems British, and…
I've chuntered about progress as a myth for years now. Mostly - it has to be said - out of…
If you are in New York City and looking for a outing here's a suggestion: Wave Hill Garden in the…
In his day, the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko' was something of an international rock star whose readings could fill sports…
Based on his published letters,1940 was a busy year for T.S.Eliot. He was based in London and working at Faber…
Hope I'm not jumping the gun here but the #1940Club starts next week and I've been gearing up and getting…
March is Dewithon Month #Dewithon. You can read about this celebration of literary Wales at the link We are all invited…
Norman Pearson returned towards the end of January, after an absence in Spain and Portugal, bearing two bananas, two oranges…
Lots of appropriately scornful responses to the charity Oxfam's Inclusive Language Guide published this week. First of all, it's 92…
A recent NYTimes Cooking newsletter from Melissa Clark drew my attention to the article about Raghavan Iyer by Kim Severson …
Two centuries after William Hogarth published his engravings of the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, Rebecca West wrote a…
Felled by the dreaded lurgy in early January I was sidelined from my usual reading routine. It’s hard to concentrate…
Vimeo has taken down the video "Affirmation Generation" but you can see it here. Take the time to watch this…
Researching Marienbad and the Savoy led me to Erika Mann and all the gossip, scandal, politics, and drama of her…