Norman Pearson returned towards the end of January, after an absence in Spain and Portugal, bearing two bananas, two oranges…
Two centuries after William Hogarth published his engravings of the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, Rebecca West wrote a…
Researching Marienbad and the Savoy led me to Erika Mann and all the gossip, scandal, politics, and drama of her…
The third destination of our Met Museum art extravaganza was Beyond the Light - Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish…
A wander crosstown to the Met with a destination. Or rather three. The first - Water Memories - explores water’s significance…
Poems by Charles Simic (1938-2023) January Children’s fingerprints On a frozen window Of a small schoolhouse. An empire, I read…
Gloomy drizzly start for today so time to remember some recent sunshine and shadows. Covid-19 testing tents are all up…
There's a lovely exhibit currently on show at the Morgan Library. It's the work of artist-illustrator Ashley Bryan (see below…
Are you all sitty comftybold two-square on your botty? Then I'll begin. If you're a Brit of a certain vintage…
Last week saw a short foray into Connecticut. This included a day at Hammonasset Beach State Park, a dip in…