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The Story Bazaar is fond of libraries, as well as the stories within them. It is an Amsterdam Library which forms the backdrop for the web-site after all. Earlier this week I went to see some of the remains of … Continue reading
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Tomorrow is Twelfth Night. Traditionally the last night of merry-making before the Christian feast of Epiphany, it precedes the 5th January, the last of the Twelve Days of Christmas. Your blogger is old enough for Christmas to have been a … Continue reading
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This week I have been working hard to prepare the 2015 Story Bazaar Compendium for publication, designing and formatting the interior of the book and working with the cover designer. This is the painstaking, technical part of publishing. It is, of course, much … Continue reading
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One of my favourite short stories is ‘The Real Thing’ by Henry James, a tale about an artist and his models that is also about surface and depth, appearance and reality. Authenticity. I thought about it recently when visiting one … Continue reading
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This week I’ve been out and about in Clapham, tracking down the remarkable 18th century reformist group known as The Clapham Sect. Its most famous member, William Wilberforce, resided at Broomfield, a house which stood where Broomwood Road is now, on … Continue reading
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