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On the Dangers of French Nannies
Anachronisms make me unhappy. What can I say? Ancient Greeks using quills or Carthaginians mentioning the prodigal son give me …Continue reading →
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The Daughter of Time
Josephine Tey/Gordon Daviot is one writer I really like. I like her whodunits, I like her plays, I like her …Continue reading →
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Climbing after knowledge infinite
I love Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine the Great – and by that I mean the first of the two parts. It …Continue reading →
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Oh to be in Kent…
…Now that summer’s here! Actually, my plans are for May or June. A week or ten days strolling leisurely through …Continue reading →
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Confessions of a Homicidal Brontëite
Do you remember the insane project about Charlotte Brontë and problem kids? It was truly insane – and you’d think …Continue reading →
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If I taught history…
I was not born to be a teacher. No patience – at all. Oh yes, I teach writing to adults, …Continue reading →
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Of History, Oil, and Serendipity
Says Diana Gabaldon, in her introduction to P.F. Chisholm’s brilliant A Plague of Angels*: One historical author of my acquaintance …Continue reading →
View ArticleA Play – Hatching
Here we go: the School Play – now officially titled Faults of the Fathers, will go onstage in a couple …Continue reading →
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