Blogging about subjects of interest, whatever they may be. Thursday, 14 May 2015. Trial by pen and paper. Next week, the cartoonist Zunar will begin standing trial on nine counts of poking fun at the Malaysian government. A discussion with the English cartoonist Martin Rowson. At the Free Word Centre. For me, talent is not a gift.

How Romantic does it feel to you? THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US, LATE AND SOON,. By W Wordsworth, 1802. THE world is too much with us; late and soon,. Little we see in Nature that is ours;. We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;. The winds that will be howling at all hours,. And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;. For this, for everything, we are out of tune;.

Winter in Thrush Green by Miss Read. Ad Astra Hôtel Particulier, in Florence. Winter in Thrush Green by Miss Read.

Reinvention, Rejuvenation, Reading, and Anything Else. Still Life, Louise Penny. The first of my R.

When you have read Nelson, read everything Olivia Laing has written, both her journalism and non-fiction, about Orlando and much besides. The book is a sort of letter, the sender dead before the words reach us.

They both die at the end, di Adam Silvera. Tre anni senza di te.

The Quest for the Perfect Birthday Books.

Thursday, August 11, 2016. First up is Vinegar Girl. Next is a Persephone book, Few Eggs and No Oranges. Friday, July 22, 2016.