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A bluffer's guide to... Evelyn Waugh

Waterstones wrote 6 months ago: Each week we will be offering you a brief overview of an author and their work to help you bluff you … more →

Tags: Fiction, Bluffer's guide, Author, Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited, Decline & Fall, Vile Bodies, The Sword of Honour Trilogy

cruciverbalist /ˌkrusɪˈvərbəlɪst/

Etyman wrote 9 months ago: Regular readers will have noticed I’m in a slump. This is because other things have been getti … more →

Tags: etymology, cruciverbalist, Crossword, Arthur Wynne

Father's Day special - inherited talents!

The Young Creatives wrote 11 months ago: In honour of Father’s Day, we take a look at just a few of the dads who have passed on their c … more →

Tags: Jibber Jabber, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Tessa Dahl, Sophie Dahl, Will Smith, Willow Smith, Jaden Smith, Evelyn Waugh

"i just love getting old"

Zhou (Chew) Hong Jie wrote 1 year ago: by Nigel Farndale   My two favourite pieces of trivia about ageing? Well, the first is that Chu … more →

Tags: ageing, Sparrows and Sandcastles blog, Hitler, ageing, Benjamin Chew blog, Benjamin Chew, Sparrows and Sandcastles blog by Benjamin Chew, Mozart, The Telegraph UK

Then There Was Light1 comment

James C. Banks wrote 1 year ago: James Banks is a doctoral student studying Renaissance and Restoration English literature at the Uni … more →

Tags: Literary Theory & Criticism, arts & letters, writing, Religion, Western Civilization, History, conservatism, Humanities, Literature

The Literary Review's Bad Sex Awards

Zo wrote 1 year ago: The Bad Sex Award is definitely not as prestigious as the Man Booker Prize, but it is one of the mos … more →

Tags: News, Stephen King, the guardian, Bad Sex Award, The Man Booker Prize, Rowan Somerville, The Shape of Her, Literary Review, David Guterson

The pain of writing and how pain feeds the writing too

mymindbursts wrote 1 year ago: 24/10/2004 The pain of writing ‘Perhaps this is the strongest pleasure known to me. It is the raptur … more →

Tags: Voice, Writing #2, Fiction, Virginia Woolf, relationships, Narrative, Lucinda Hawksley, Alexander Waugh, James King

read-a-holic3 comments

Mudmap wrote 1 year ago: licensed under creative commons by gadl http://www.flickr.com/photos/gadl/91539531/I am a voracious … more →

Tags: At Home, book learning, The Psychopath Test, Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Education, f. scott fitzgerald, Reading, Books

A Source of Embarrassment by A. L. Barker

Anthony wrote 1 year ago: Asked of her admiration for A. L. Barker, Rebecca West said: I think she’s the best novelist now [19 … more →

Tags: Verbals!, Fiction, rebecca west, Al Barker

Old and New Soho. Photo & text by Eric Hands, Adam Macqueen (5/5)

thelondoncolumn wrote 1 year ago: Christopher Booker, Richard Ingrams, Auberon Waugh and Barry Fantoni at the Private Eye office, Gree … more →

Tags: Literary London, Street of Shame, Private Eye, Harold Wilson, Gannex Macs, richard ingrams

Chateau Musar

Ostrea Edulis wrote 2 years ago: Chateau Musar from Lebanon was my favourite red wine when I was a student and today, several years l … more →

Tags: Chateau Musar, Arak, meze, volatile acidity, va, Vega Sicilia, Decanter, liwf, Ronald Barton

Old Man Forgets Sex Writes Badly About It

tbright wrote 3 years ago: With his last book, I’m officially not a fan of Philip Roth, but I’m not the only one. T … more →

Tags: Books, amos oz, John Banville, jonathan littell, Nick Cave, Paul Theroux, Philip Roth

November 17 in history

homepaddock wrote 3 years ago: On November 17: 1493  Christopher Columbus landed on Puerto Rico 1558 Elizabethan era began when Que … more →

Tags: History, Wikipedia, Armistice Day, Venezuela, Mary I, NZ History Online, Christopher Columbus, Sir Walter Raleigh, Gordon Lightfoot

PIRACY: big discussion going on at Defencetech

David Davis wrote 4 years ago: David Davis Isn’t it nice NOT to have to talk about the BNP membership list any more! Lancaste … more →

Tags: Anglosphere, Blogroll, British Media, Economics, Education, Events, humour, Knickers, LA Papers

Douglas Alexander (who?) thinks Zanulieborg can win the next election, but the comment thread is very instructive.

David Davis wrote 4 years ago: …and make sure you read the comments too! There will be a short written test later…. Dav … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Events, Announcements, LA Papers, Education, British Media, Economics, Liberty, War

9/11 ... JO MOORE, poor sad deluded Stalinist woman ... "a good day to bury bad news"

David Davis wrote 4 years ago: David Davis I stick my knife in her chest here. With a sad and terrible joy, I watch her fall as she … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Events, Announcements, LA Papers, Education, Media Appearances, British Media, Economics, Liberty

The Udenopticon11 comments

David Davis wrote 4 years ago: David Davis In a Libertarian World, it would be nice if everybody “bought into the vision … more →

Tags: Blogroll, Events, Announcements, LA Papers, Education, British Media, Economics, Liberty, War

The Safety-Nazis wreak their fell damage ... again ... in Broad Oak, Essex

David Davis wrote 4 years ago: David Davis The Daily Mail does its usual recording of yet more damage to an English tradition by … more →

Tags: Announcements, Blogroll, British Media, Economics, Education, Events, LA Papers, Liberty, News Releases

Digital Parents : Neither native nor immigrant

mymindbursts wrote 2 years ago: 17th March 2011 I’ve been taken in by and am now set against the idea of that there is a gener … more →

Tags: e-learning 2, MA in Open & Distance Education, learning, H808 The e-learning Professional, Marc Prensky, Jones, ramanau, digital native, digital immigrant


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