Blog Happy Chinese New Year, and welcome to the Year of the Snake. adminFebruary 10, 2013August 18, 2020 Quite coincidentally, I spent the weekendre-watching the 13-part classic BBC series I, Claudius from 1976, the openingContinue reading
Blog On 1 February, Abigail Nussbaum had some new Pride and Prejudice thoughts adminFebruary 6, 2013August 18, 2020 Among them that Darcy is “an introvert desperately trying to tamp down [his] anxiety atContinue reading
Blog Remains dug up in Leicester were those of Richard III adminFebruary 4, 2013August 18, 2020 I’d known via The History Blog that coming out today was an announcement on whetherContinue reading
Blog Set back the cause of feminism and female suffrage adminFebruary 1, 2013August 18, 2020 I was dismayed to learn from the 24 January 2013 issue of The London Review of Books thatContinue reading
Blog From my costume collection is this detail from the Atlas silk ÅŸalwar adminJanuary 31, 2013August 18, 2020 From my costume collection is this detail from the Atlas silk ÅŸalwar (very wide trousers) for aContinue reading
Blog 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice adminJanuary 30, 2013August 18, 2020 This year marks the 200th anniversary of the publication (not the writing) of Jane Austen’s PrideContinue reading
Blog Among the things I’m learning from Foyle’s War adminOctober 9, 2012August 18, 2020 Among the things I’m learning from Foyle’s War is what “barrage balloons” were (to damage/redirect enemy planes,Continue reading
Blog Some fiction I’ve been reading lately include Hilary Mantel’s 1992 historical novel A Place of Greater Safety adminSeptember 10, 2012August 18, 2020 Set mostly in Paris during the French Revolution. A review had recommended it, so IContinue reading
Blog After too long a hiatus, I’m back adminAugust 28, 2012August 18, 2020 With loads of stuff to add to the blog. For now, I’ve updated the Links page andContinue reading
Blog Seems that I’m not the only fan of actor Sean Bean adminApril 17, 2012August 18, 2020 Seems that I’m not the only fan of actor Sean Bean who’s rebelling against theContinue reading
