My Main Writing Advice
I was dogsitting yesterday down in Enfield, in north London – watching our (former) hound at my in-laws, where he
Tag: travel
“Have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
Jane Austen died 200 years ago today: July 18, 1817. The Georgian and Regency novelist of relationships among the English
After Eight Years Of Quiet…
I’ve written before that this is not a politics site and that I will not push my personal political opinions
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
The French Revolution beginning in 1789 followed our American one. In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote that “all men are created
What A “Romantic Novel” Is . . . And What It Is Not
My wife is in Lisbon for a couple of days… I saw her off at the airport yesterday morning –
Church At The Weekends
It’s another Sunday here in Hertfordshire, England. We went to church last night. As we left, this post began to
Let “Common Sense” Prevail
As you may have seen, CNN is caught up in a social media controversy. One of its reporters unmasked and
The Annual National Self-Critique
As we know, the 4th of July is about celebrating the 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence from the British Empire.
“From one End of this Continent to the other”
Happy U.S. Independence . . . weekend! Future U.S. president John Adams, who had persuaded the younger and largely unknown
Turning Pages
On Wednesday evening, we saw Adele at London’s Wembley Stadium. En route there, our Metropolitan line train was the most
