“And England is what it is because there are still some left among us who are born to high rank and who know how to live up to the standard that is required of us.” One of Anthony Trollop… more →
His Futile Preoccupations....ellenandjim wrote 1 week ago: Duke (Philip Latham) and Lady Rosina (Sheila Keith) walk into the wood around Gatherum Dear Readers … more →
bellainalittleblackdress wrote 1 month ago: tomorrow we put on a puppet show for the library. i’ve been sitting in the kitchen making a br … more →
ellenandjim wrote 1 month ago: “We must go out there” (and face the world, a young and older woman’s entrance in … more →
Joseph wrote 1 month ago: There was “tube strike chaos” according to the newspapers today, which meant it was a ve … more →
ellenandjim wrote 1 month ago: Anthony Trollope by Samuel Laurence, 1864 Dear Friends, It’s time I started posting once agai … more →
ellenandjim wrote 2 months ago: Dear Friends, Yesterday Jim and I managed to rescue and retrieve all those blogs from “Ellen a … more →
OverratedList wrote 2 months ago: 1. The Great Outdoors 2. Anthony Trollope 3. Ergonomic desk chairs 4. Breakfast in bed (Robin / New … more →
nick2209 wrote 3 months ago: I have just finished The Prime Minister, the fifth of Trollope’s six Palliser novels or seque … more →
gmtminus5 wrote 4 months ago: I don’t know much about the background of Bernard Madoff, but I think if he’d spent even … more →
annebabson wrote 4 months ago: “…In San Francisco Mrs. Hurtle was regarded as a mystery. Some people did not quite beli … more →
nick2209 wrote 4 months ago: I have decided that although my old blog (http://nickhay.blog-city.com/) will remain in a read-only … more →
Deborah Barlow wrote 5 months ago: John Updike, who died on Tuesday at 76, was our Trollope and our Proust both. Though a brilliant ma … more →
lichanos wrote 6 months ago: Regarding a certain Augustus Melmotte, a fictional character: … And yet these leaders of the … more →
rikkitikkitavi wrote 6 months ago: Frank Rich, The New York Times, December 21, 2008 During the Great Depression, American moviegoers … more →
Anne McCarthy wrote 8 months ago: One of the central themes of last night’s Victorian Seminar at the Grad Center was that of how … more →
19thcentury wrote 8 months ago: One of my favourite Victorian novels is Anthony Trollope’s The Way We Live Now. Even though it … more →
Bishop David wrote 1 year ago: When I accompanied the Bishop of Lincoln earlier this week to his introduction into the House of Lor … more →
Guy A. Savage wrote 1 year ago: “And England is what it is because there are still some left among us who are born to high ran … more →
Jane wrote 1 year ago: First: a little more salt is in order. I eat enough salt to spike the blood pressure of half a dozen … more →