It’s been a long time since I’ve listened to any podcasts, but when I received an email announcing that my favourite quarterly had started up the Slightly Foxed Podcast, I decided it was time for old habits and new reads. If you’re unfamiliar with Slightly Foxed, it’s a very down-to-earth publication that is all about the… Read More
“The holiest of all holidays are those Kept by ourselves in silence and apart; The secret anniversaries of the heart…” – from ‘Holidays‘ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow We don’t need a new year to begin anew, but isn’t there something satisfying about starting on the kalends? Especially those that fall squarely on a Monday, and… Read More
Things I’ve been Writing Coursework I decided to spend April focusing on a couple of long-term projects that always get put on the back-burner: Rest on Your Laurels (a course on sonnet construction), and Reading Influences (a series of lectures on how writers are influenced by other writers). Since I don’t fancy the task of… Read More
A new fountain pen! This is a Duragraph I purchased from Cult Pens. It’s a reproduction ’20s design by the recently revived Conklin company. The colour is ‘Cracked Ice’, though I’m also rather tempted by the amber one, for obvious reasons. ‘Duragraph’ (a nice blend of ‘durabilis’ and ‘graphos/graphus’) is minutely etched in the silver… Read More
More perfect weather and charming tea-rooms. I have been rambling, putting together another literary walk; hardly difficult as there are few streets in the centre of Bath that haven’t been graced by at least one eminent scrivener. Unfortunately, the novelty makes it all too difficult to novel, which is why I’m leaving before November, half-envious… Read More
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