J.B. Priestley, English Journey (1933)
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Thursday, 21 October 2010
The ideals that dominate the colleges to-day will rule the world to-morrow
Bookmark found in Culture and Society, by Raymond Williams.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Ruined towers and broken bridges
It is almost embarrassing to say, but I am not sure that I have ever really loved Nabokov. Maybe the closest I came was with Pnin, but for the most part admiration is not love.
Saturday, 28 August 2010
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Fragments are the only forms I trust
I expect that in certain circles the above is as clichéd a thing to quote in relation to Barthelme as ‘Fail again. Fail better.’ is in relation to Beckett.
But what of it? There are times when even the most laboured of clichés can be profitably put back to work.
Monday, 17 May 2010
This fierce and unregenerate clay
This map of Scholes Village, South Yorkshire, was drawn by Kevin Rooney and appears in his book Rook Town.
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Happy Loyalty Day!
Leaflet printed on 100th Anniversary of first Chicago May Day Demonstration, by Coventry Trades Council, May 1986.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
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