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Coleridge and the Female Muse
I’ve recently finished reading Richard Holme’s splendid two volume biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and topped it off with Adam Sisman’s equally splendid Wordsworth and Coleridge: A Friendship. Coleridge’s was …
Read MoreSaki in Singapore
The obvious choice of reading for a trip to Singapore must be Rudyard Kipling, one of the writers associated with Raffles Hotel which is named after Britain’s colonial administrator par …
Read MoreEminent Victorian
For they stood in one of the famous wood and common lands of Southern England – great beeches towering overhead – glades opening to right and left – ferny paths …
Read MoreTreasured Possessions
“March 3rd 83Dear SirThanks for your note; the gout sticks to me so that I am still unable to make any appointment, but I will come on the very first …
Read MoreAbbotsford
More poking about the homes of the literary great and the good this week with a visit to Walter Scott’s home, Abbotsford. Reminiscent of Walpole’s project, here is another attempt …
Read MoreSlumming in Sussex
I had a splendid day last Wednesday (16 June 2010) popping my proletarian nose into the houses and lives of the Bloomsbury Group. A fascinating programme of visits started at …
Read MoreThe White Guard
Whenever I try to talk about Mikhail Bulgakov I go all spluttery and purple-faced, my eyes water, I choke and gasp, and I might after a few minutes’ gibbering manage …
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