Nigeness
A hedonic resource
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
And Monuments
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That's all very well, but what about monuments? Have you no church monuments to report on? Very well, then... Here is the unicorn (san...
Monday, 30 January 2017
Ancient and Modern
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No, I didn't take a diversion to Finland - this is England. It's the extraordinary interior of the new chapel of Ripon College, th...
Thursday, 26 January 2017
Aubade and Matin
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I'm off on my (English) travels again for a few days, but I'll leave you with a couple more poems from the TLS anthology - one very ...
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Tuesday, 24 January 2017
From the Fifties
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To return to the Fifties (ah, there's a prospect), it's certainly the best decade in the TLS 100 anthology - things go downhill with...
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Monday, 23 January 2017
Birthday Flowers
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It's become something of an annual tradition on this blog to celebrate the birthday (in 1832) of the great, unclassifiable French pain...
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Sunday, 22 January 2017
Wallace Stevens under the Sail of Ulysses
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The TLS 100 anthology is, among other things, a reminder of how many distinguished poets were still active in the Fifties. Those represente...
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Saturday, 21 January 2017
Say What?
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At the top of the BBC's 10 o'Clock News coverage of the Inauguration, their man in Washington, the lugubrious Jon Sopel, pronounced ...
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