My Wittgenstein project has entered a fallow phase but it is merely on furlough for a while and will be…
I'm launched on a Wittgenstein project. I thought it was about time I knew more about him and his work…
In 1913, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore "because of his profoundly sensitive,…
Long ago, but not so far away, but decades before DEI rebranded itself as Divide, Exclude, and Intrude I too…
A long time ago I studied Christopher Marlowe's play Edward II as a set text for "A" level. As was…
On 14 June 1940, Paris fell to the German Army. The British author Sylvia Townsend Warner wrote in her diary.…
Here is the video that caused all the discussion: What do you think?
The daily stroll last week took us down Claremont Avenue where large picture window affords a passing glimpse into a…
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re…
I chanced upon this painting of the meeting between Galileo and John Milton and had a flashback to undergraduate days…
It's London in wartime, in the blackout before the Blitz and the streets of Soho are full of characters straight…
With May being coronation month and all, the NYTimes Cooking section has a selection of dishes it deems British, and…
I've chuntered about progress as a myth for years now. Mostly - it has to be said - out of…
If you are in New York City and looking for a outing here's a suggestion: Wave Hill Garden in the…
In his day, the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko' was something of an international rock star whose readings could fill sports…