Nigeness

Over on the excellent First Known When Lost, Steve Pentz quotes Solar as a demonstration that Philip Larkin was not 'the dour personage...

It's good news that this touching letter is to go on display where it belongs. Unless there's a dramatic discovery, that will be it...

I've remarked before on the mysterious phenomenon of the Double Is . Since I wrote that a year ago, this strange usage has spread - and ...

This is quite the most desperate piece of journalism - nay, photojournalism - I have seen in a long time. Enjoy! And remember, keep scrolli...

The pianist Rudolf Serkin was born on this day in 1903. He's always had a special place in my affections because it was through his reco...

Today's excitement - my first London butterflies of the year! A Peacock basking on a warm stone finial in Holland Park, from which prize...

Having enjoyed and admired Masters of Atlantis so much, I've been reading another of Charles Portis's novels - The Dog Of The South...