Nigeness

 From a book I'm reading for review (of which more in due course, no doubt), I learn of a surprising business venture undertaken by Dani...

 Last night, roaming among the more remote and obscure outlying TV channels, I happened upon that greatest of all the Ealing comedies, Kind ...

Born on this day in 1683 was the great French composer (and music theorist) Jean-Philippe Rameau. His father was an organist in Dijon, and J...

 I was delighted to learn that talks about returning the Elgin Marbles to Greece have collapsed, apparently because the Greek government is...

 After a spectacular butterfly summer, there has been very little action since the rains and winds of early autumn put a sudden end to the s...

 One of the regular treats of my boyhood was going to see the latest Peter Sellers film as it came out. My father was a huge fan, and so was...

 Today is the birthday of Samuel Johnson (born 1709). Over on Anecdotal Evidence , Patrick Kurp marks the occasion with a piece on various t...