Nigeness
A hedonic resource
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
From Bagpuss to 'an emergency of the too realized'
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The adorable granddaughter Summer, being a three-year-old of taste and discernment, is a big fan of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's c...
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Monday, 28 November 2016
Colour
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Because it's his birthday (born on this day in 1912), and because he isn't represented in the Royal Academy's AbEx exhibition ...
Saturday, 26 November 2016
Dr Gully: Stuff and Passion
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Having found so much to enjoy in Elizabeth Jenkins' The Tortoise and the Hare , I've been seeking out her other novels, with limit...
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
Ardizzone in the House of Illustration
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Today I visited the House of Illustration, a new(ish - est. 2014) gallery devoted to the art of illustration. It's on Granary Square, ...
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Monday, 21 November 2016
The Hon. F.S. Jackson, Cricketer Extraordinaire
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Born on this day in 1870 was Yorkshire and England cricketer Stanley Jackson - or, to give him his full name and honorifics, Sir Francis S...
Saturday, 19 November 2016
Tackling AbEx
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My taste for Abstract Expressionism having been revived by my recent visit to the Guggenheim in Venice, I was inevitably going to visit t...
Thursday, 17 November 2016
The Bright Wake: Adam Nicolson's Homer
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Reading in bed is one of the great simple pleasures of life, but bedtime reading has to be chosen with care. Topping my bedside pile recentl...
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