PinnedThe perils and pitfalls of “writing like Austen” (part one)by Alice McVeighNov 13, 2023Nov 13, 2023
PinnedClassical Music Agony AuntThe true if gruesome tale of a decade as Classical Music Daily’s agony auntMay 21, 2022May 21, 2022
PinnedOn Releasing Three Novels in One Calendar Year — and why I wish I hadn’t!Well, on Feb. 3 I’ll have achieved this feat — something even mad dogs and Englishmen would baulk at. Except, of course, for those…Jan 19, 2022Jan 19, 2022
The (other) Secret Radical…Janet Todd’s Living with Jane Austen has been on my wish-list ever since I heard about it, and was only delayed by my annual, self-imposed…Sep 27Sep 27
The end of the road… for the semi-colon?!?!Is this the end of the road for the semi-colon??? And, if it so, do we care? The Guardian newspaper (see below for link) was this week…May 29May 29
My personal “take” on the Booker shortlist…James is, no question, the favourite, having won everything this year beyond the U.S. Presidency. However, my picks are, in this order…Nov 5, 2024Nov 5, 2024
“Mansfield Park is too dark.” Really???I don’t think so. How can a novel where nobody perishes, a novel where there is no scene of violence, war, destruction or self-destruction…Oct 17, 2024Oct 17, 2024
