Nigeness

Born on this day in 1893 was the great populist Governor of Louisiana Huey Long, aka 'The Kingfish', whose life was cut short by his...

A year ago today, I put up a post about an end-of-season visit to my favourite Surrey hillside in search of late-flying butterflies. I co...

Yesterday was the day of the Environmental Fair, when wizened hippies, folkies, musoes, Lefties, Greenies and representatives of countless...

'He was very, very funny,' said the BBC man, wrapping up an obit piece on Neil Simon (who died yesterday), 'but he could be much...

Another fine post on Stephen Pentz's wonderful First Known When Lost blog. This one is about what he identifies as 'the current form...

Over on the Pooky website (fine lighting for the quality), I take a tour of Knebworth House. Here's the link...

Born on this day in 1862 was the great French composer Claude Debussy. Here is Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli playing Reflets dans l'Eau ...