Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions A book shop 16 Sep 2016 Who are the biggest readers? According to a World Culture Score Index the country where people read the most is India. Indians, on average, read… Susannah 10 Comments
Movies, Newsletter Sunset Song photo by Hurricane Films | Promotional photo via IMDB 16 Sep 2016 Film adaptations of the classics In 2005 there was a poll in Scotland, asking the Scots to vote for their favourite book. I'd have expected… Susannah 8 Comments
Books, Newsletter The Music Room. George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924). Oil On Panel, 30.4 X 40.6cm. 31 Aug 2016 Georgette Heyer – Complete to a Shade Susannah 6 Comments
e-books, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions Actors at the Anne of Green Gables museum in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. 30 Aug 2016 Film adaptations of the classics Susannah 4 Comments
Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets Illustration appearing in A Book of old English love songs by Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 1846-1916, ed; Edwards, George Wharton, 1859-1950, illus. (cropped) 29 Aug 2016 Richard Lovelace & To Althea, from Prison To Althea, from Prison by Richard Lovelace When Love with unconfinèd wings Hovers within my Gates, And my divine Althea… Susannah 2 Comments
Newsletter Dante shown holding a copy of the Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, with the spheres of Heaven above, in Michelino's fresco 01 Aug 2016 Great works on your ‘to read’ list Susannah 4 Comments
Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets Titlepage to 1645 Poems, with frontispiece depicting Milton surrounded by four muses, designed by William Marshall 01 Aug 2016 John Milton & On his Blindness Susannah 4 Comments
Books, e-books, Newsletter Books Versus E-readers 27 Jul 2016 Books versus e-readers The physical object I love most in the world is a book. I love the smell, the touch of the… Susannah 4 Comments
Books, Jane Austen, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions 30 Jun 2016 Love and Friendship One movie I am especially excited about seeing this month is Love and Friendship. This is a film based on… Susannah 2 Comments
Books, Newsletter 25 Jun 2016 Things inside books Do you leave things inside books and forget about them? Or do you press flowers and leaves between the pages,… Susannah 6 Comments
Authors, Movies, Newsletter, Screen versions Olivia de Havilland and Richard Burton publicity photo in My Cousin Rachel, 1952. By Unknown - eBay, Public Domain. 25 Jun 2016 My Cousin Rachel Susannah 2 Comments
Movies, Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets, Screen versions Photo of William Ernest Henley. 20 Jun 2016 William Ernest Henley & Invictus Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole,… Susannah 2 Comments
Books, Newsletter The Dickens family (and friends) in 1864 - (l-r) Charles Dickens, Jr., Kate Dickens, Charles Dickens, Miss Hogarth, Mary Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Georgina Hogarth. 01 Jun 2016 The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens Susannah 2 Comments