Nigeness

  Today, I learn, is Bedfordshire Day. Who knew there was such a thing? Radio 3 was making the most of it this morning, with various Bedford...

 I watched another episode of The Sea of Faith last night – number four (not yet on the BBC iPlayer but available, with blurry visuals, on ...

 The first time I put up a Wilhelm Kempff post – this one – it attracted more readers than anything in years. So, as it's Kempff's b...

 BBC4 – which, for much of the time, is the only BBC channel worth watching – no longer has a budget for making new programmes. This apparen...

 Here's a question that I think would flummox everyone in any literary quiz:  Whose first novel begins with this sentence?  'In this...

 There is a lot of talk these days, in the kind of places where these things are discussed, of the health benefits of thorough and lengthy c...

 The new issue of 'the real reader's quarterly', Slightly Foxed , is out, and, as ever, it's full of good stuff, including p...