Books

Much Ado About Food: Kate Atkinson and Elizabeth David

Novelists and film makers often struggle to find the right period details to anchor their work in a particular era.…

6 years ago

Much Ado About Deception and Delusion: Kate Atkinson’s Transcription and London 1940

The sandwich was no comfort, it was a pale limp thing a long way from the déjeuner sur l'herbe of her…

6 years ago

Edward Bear and Stochastic Terrorism

As America wakes up this Sunday morning it is confronted with the horror of two major acts of domestic terrorism.…

6 years ago

The View from the Room

It was pleasant to wake up in Florence, to open the eyes upon a bright bare room, with a floor…

6 years ago

Falling Wall

I began this post in 2017. The original focus was Louis MacNeice's's poem "Brother Fire". MacNeice was a fire-watcher during…

6 years ago

Alive Day and A Diary Without Dates

Tammy Duckworth is a Senator from Illinois and fourteen years ago she was a captain with the Illinois National Guard…

6 years ago

Timeless Learning

I like the title of this book about how to do school right: Timeless Learning. The launch date is August…

7 years ago

Saki: The Open Window and the Birds of WW1

"You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon," said the niece, indicating a large…

7 years ago

Ode to Garlic

I don't think I peeled a clove of garlic until I was at least 21. It wasn't because I didn't…

7 years ago

Richard Aldington and Paul Nash: Images of War

Some authors are blessed with illustrators who enhance their work with the distinction of their own. So it was in…

8 years ago