Nigeness

Walter Sickert, the great English painter and long-time denizen of Dieppe, was born 150 years ago today. This picture shows him in Dieppe w...

This is my 1,000th post on Nigeness! And to think that I was a reluctant blogger, dragged into the business by The Yard whom God preserve....

It's that brief period when the Black Locust (or False Acacia) bursts into flower, and this unelegant and rather shapeless tree is sudd...

The Swedish painter Carl Larsson was born on this day in 1853. His paintings of his family's idyllic home life can seem a touch sweet, ...

The New Busy, so the ubiquitous Microsoft ads tell us, Is Not Like The Old Busy. Indeed it isn't - the New Busy is the Old Busy plus all...

It's good to know that 25,000 people are still sticking with black and white television - not least because it's just the kind of n...

I rarely check this blog's figures on Google Anayltics (honest), but I had a quick look today - and was astonished to see a spectacular...