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Tracy Chevalier, one of today’s finest writers of historical fiction, is coming to a beautiful church in south London on 3rd December, 2018. I have written before about her 2003 novel The Lady and the Unicorn ( see Summer Reading … Continue reading
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…and absolute power corrupts absolutely – to paraphrase the oft quoted Lord Acton, nineteenth century British historian and Member of Parliament. In fact he said ‘Power tends to corrupt…’ in a letter to Mandell Creighton in 1887. One of my … Continue reading
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I said in A Little bit of history…with bikes, that the story of the Kirby Codec tea towels for the Qhubeka bicycle charity was not complete. Today, suffering from withdrawal symptoms after the end of this year’s stunningly exciting Giro … Continue reading
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I have been thinking about signs and their language. Not the portentous, signifying great or foul deeds – ‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen¹’ – or even the supernatural, signifying disaster – ‘She dreamt to-night she … Continue reading
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What’s happened to BBC News?
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Away from the UK earlier this month I was dependant for UK news in English upon social media, print and friends. So, on one hand I was getting only the UK news I wanted to hear – my Twitter feed … Continue reading →
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