Unattended Articles

 Happy Hallow, as I guess today is! Above is not a picture of Hallowe'en. I have not been working here over Hallowe'en. God knows w...

 I thought about going through my unposted photos from earlier in the year, when I wasn't blogging, and putting some up throughout Decem...

   The beautiful Bob McGrath died today, which is also the day I learnt from an old American panel show that a couple of years before becomi...

  Illustrations by E. H. Shepard. That dragonfly is just perfect.   Ernest Hemingway, who liked big, short statements, f amously said, “All ...

  chosen by Robin Smith    Pictures from a burnt book taken with a broken phone, to honour an artist who, more than any other, helped me rea...

 "Wow!" indeed, thumbnail. Vic Stefanu takes us on a brief tour of the Micronesian Bankvaults of Yap, whose ancient limestone curr...

(Photo by Azqueta Arts )    ANNOUNCEMENT: Guys, I can't say too much, but you MIGHT want to tune into BBC1 tonight at 7:30 to watch– Han...

( source )       "It's basically a pilgrimage," said Gemma, "There were a couple behind me from York. They asked me what ...

 Today I returned to Sydenham Hill.   Here's a video. See if you can find the white triangle to press to make it play...      Bella (re...

   September 10th       September 12th or 13th    I know, Charles, I know. It's awful and stupid. Nothing fits now, I know. Still, grum...

 Another white box: Sally Jacobs' hugely influential set for Peter Brook's magic-redefining production of "A Midsummer Night...

    A trip to Marx's grave    I used to watch "Morgan: A Suitable Case For Treatment" all the time when I was at school. Of al...

 Who says a circle has no end? Phil Davis' twitter account put it well: "She did what she was supposed to do." I always thoug...

 Monday was shrouded in mist, or cloud (I don't know how high up we are, here in Languedoc). Sat around Mum's computer on three chai...