Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems, Poets 01 Jun 2016 Lord Byron & She Walks in Beauty Susannah 2 Comments
Books, Newsletter Children on the Beach of Guernsey (1883) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. 28 May 2016 The Book of Ebenezer le Page This month I will be visiting one of my favourite islands – Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. The lovely… Susannah 8 Comments
Media, Talks Mark Twain at Breakfast in 1895 on the US leg of round the world tour. Photographer probably Major J. B. Pond. steamboattimes.com 17 May 2016 Twain and Trollope in Oz Susannah No Comments
Books, Newsletter Sir Harold Nicolson with his wife, the poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West, in 1960 at their home, Sissinghurst, Kent. Photograph: Corbis 30 Apr 2016 The Nicolson family Susannah 10 Comments
Newsletter Peter Rabbit is the first children's literary character to appear on a UK coin. 23 Apr 2016 Once upon a time there were four little rabbits Susannah 3 Comments
Newsletter The first two stanzas of Sonnet 55 in the 1609 Quarto 01 Apr 2016 April 1616 Was a Seriously Bad Month Susannah 6 Comments
Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems James Hopkinsons Plantation slaves planting sweet potatoes (c. 1862) By Henry P. Moore - Library of Congress (Image page), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4853695 01 Apr 2016 Roy Campbell & The Zulu Girl The Zulu Girl by Roy Campbell When in the sun the hot red acres smoulder Down where the sweating gang… Susannah 8 Comments
Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems Vintage piano 01 Apr 2016 D.H. Lawrence & Piano Susannah No Comments
Newsletter, Poem of the Month, Poems 01 Mar 2016 W.B. Yeats & Politics In 1939 Irish poet W.B. Yeats published Last Poems and deliberately chose his poem Politics to be the final poem… Susannah No Comments
Books, Newsletter Robert Macfarlane 01 Mar 2016 Walking The Old Ways I once knew a man who owned a bookshop in Auckland. He always walked to work, and as he walked,… Susannah No Comments
Books, Newsletter Cover of the first edition of the second part of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Segunda_parte_del_ingenioso_caballero_don_Quijote_de_la_Mancha.jpg 01 Mar 2016 The 96th Most Important Event of the Millennium Susannah No Comments
Newsletter Throughout history a black crow has been associated with death 01 Mar 2016 Dying Words of Authors Susannah 8 Comments
