Nigeness

A dismal day today, cold and grey. Just the day to look back to sunnier times and relive my butterfly season, which is surely now over (thou...

It's 'Word of the Year' time again, heaven help us. This little publicity gimmick by Collins dictionaries can always be relied o...

While on my travels, I picked up a second-hand copy of Johnson's justly famous Life of Savage, in a paperback edition (Harper Perennial)...

I've been on my Mercian travels again, this time mainly in Lincolnshire... The picture above (not mine, but the rest are) shows the b...

All Hallows' Eve, and I see that R.T. has posted a fitting poem, Haunted Houses by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, that erstwhile giant of 1...

This very agreeable painting, The Lane of Poplars at Moret by Alfred Sisley, has the distinction of having been stolen three times – in 1...

I see that the excellent Zoe Colvin is recommending a certain book as the ideal Christmas gift. Here's the link – and while you're ...