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Monthly Archives: November 2009

A Favourite Author, A Favourite Illustrator

Charles Dickens and I go way back. Way back. And my first experience of him started with this book, A Christmas Carol, when Steph, every Christmas season, would read aloud to me by the Christmas tree and some apple cidar. After that, I was gripped and hooked by his wild imagination, and delicious command of [...]

The Best Book Ever, If Ever There Was One

Oh, dear. Another “Best Book Ever, If Ever There Was One”, post. Honest to God, I either have a knack for grabbing great books off the shelf or there are a hell of a lot of good books.
I picked this up last week. It is not only hilarious, but superbly well written. It’s definitely a book to [...]

Lately

Still a long way to go before this rights itself…

What I’m listening to….

What I’m looking at… I have absolutely no idea what “Evo Devo” is. Evolution Devolution? But apparently, it’s the ‘New Science’…

Bought this Terry Winters catalogue of printed works published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Back to painting - which seems a bit of [...]