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From ‘Treasure Island‘ to ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, via ‘King Solomon’s Mines‘ and almost anything written by Dan Brown, the search for hidden treasure, of whatever kind, has been a fiction fundamental. So I couldn’t pass up a visit to … Continue reading
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… there was the idea, rather than the word. Humans need to have an idea or understanding of something – a beast, a geographical feature – to appreciate it cognitively in some way, before we name it. But the word … Continue reading
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Two remarkable books about the French Revolution, one fiction, one non-fiction. If you haven’t read them and you like a meaty read, you might like to give them a try. ‘A Place of Greater Safety‘ is a glorious feast of … Continue reading
It is exactly one year ago today, the 20th January, that the very first article on The Story Bazaar web-site, Hello and Welcome to The Story Bazaar was posted. It was a report from the Battersea Decorative Arts and Antiques … Continue reading
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Hello Prime Minister. We need to talk…
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The words of a Spanish chat show hoaxer to Mariano Rajoy, lately Prime Minister of Spain. The hoaxer was impersonating Carles Puigdemont, the new secessionist leader of the Catalan separatists, who had pointedly omitted the vows of loyalty to Spain … Continue reading →
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