Categories for Some thoughts

The writer Thomas Mann died sixty years ago in Zurich. Since that time his reputation as a major figure in... View Article

If the latest portmanteau is to be taken seriously – Grexit, a combination of the words Greece and exit referring... View Article

If one abides by mythology, the islands of Japan were born of the spirits Izanagi and Izanami in a moment... View Article

One story that left an impression on me who was the tale of the mapmakers as told by Jorge Luis... View Article

To serif or not to serif? The small projecting barbs on the ends of letters that indicate more than mere... View Article

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery in Leicester. Enjoying this very fine... View Article

Recently I’ve been thinking about what impels me to write the type of short stories I write….. so here are... View Article

Before the internet, you had to go much greater lengths to hunt things down. Libraries were held in higher regard... View Article

We spent the weekend in on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, there with some friends on what appears to... View Article

Oliver Barratt’s sculpture, Spring, is a bright and fulsome tribute to the influence of water. Its signature is the uninterrupted... View Article

– A discussion of Summer by Winifred Nicholson and The Pulpit by Roger Fry. The artist Winifred Nicholson once wrote... View Article