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Setting the Scene

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September is just around the corner which, in terms of UK politics, means that conference season will shortly be upon us. Parliament returns on 4th September after the Summer recess, but goes into recess again for conferences from 13th September … Continue reading

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Clapham Old Town Fair

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It’s only a week until this year’s Clapham Old Town Fair and the Clapham Book Festival’s latest outing. As in the previous two years we have a stall (the stall is called Clapham Writers, the charitable body which organises the … Continue reading

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Books in the Gardens of Spain

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Time for another piece on books at The Story Bazaar. Some of this reading is my research (that authorial quagmire) or at least that’s my excuse. The Moor’s Last Stand; How Centuries of Muslim Rule in Spain Came to an End by … Continue reading

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Edward Bawden

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Dulwich Picture Gallery’s summer show is of the twentieth century English artist and designer, Edward Bawden, part of its Modern British painters programme. I went along last week to catch it before it closes on 9th September, 2018. Bawden was … Continue reading

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The Roman Dead

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FREE exhibition at the Museum of London, Docklands until 28th October 2018. A visit to the West India Quay building of the London Museum is always interesting, but last week we went to see its current exhibition entitled The Roman … Continue reading