Nigeness

 As 2023 hoves improbably into view, it's time to take the annual look back at the Old Year...    It was a momentous one for me and Mrs ...

 Born on this day in 1865 was the brilliant Swiss-French painter and printmaker Felix Vallotton, about whom I wrote at some length a while ...

 This morning, spotting a site called Larkin With Women on the picture-sharing website Pinterest, I thought I'd have a look. It turned o...

 Wishing a happy Christmas to all who browse here. (The painting is The Adoration of the Shepherds , generally attributed to Giorgione, thou...

 It's the night of Christmas Eve, so heck, why not? It may be a bit sentimental, but it's a lovely poem, beautifully crafted (I love...

 One of the pleasures of living in Lichfield is having a magnificent cathedral on the doorstep. At yesterday evening's festival of lesso...

 'The time draws near the birth of Christ...' One of the most moving and perfect sections of Tennyson's great poem of love and l...