Last week would have been the 99th birthday of William Burroughs. A great writer (in patches) and a key member of the Beat Generation Burroughs…
Picture: Collecting books for readers in the reserve stacks, 1964: http://flic.kr/p/6YUnLX When studying English literature at school in England, you could be excused for thinking…
Picture: Umbrellas at James Smith’s Umbrella Shop by Rev Dan Catt Harriet: ‘Only connect’ EM Forster famously said, at least before the phrase got co-opted…
Image: Wall painting of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife. From the House of Terentius Neo, Pompeii. AD 50–79. © Soprintendenza Speciale per i…
James Bond has one identity but many personalities. There’s Sean Connery’s suave savagery and there’s Roger Moore’s eyebrows wiggling their way through Confessions of a Secret Agent.
Her Smell! That’s what I remember most about my mum growing up. Nice makeup, bright hair, floral scarves and her wonderful smell. So it is…
A couple of weeks on from the Diamond Jubilee I’m still not sure why it is supposed to have made me feel particularly proud to…
Tell us about the project. It’s called The Something Fine Project. It features testimonials of first love from writers, photographers, illustrators, designers, bloggers, musicians and…