Yet another correctly forecast solar eclipse this week. It’s almost as if these things were entirely predictable, and not harbingers of doom or portents of marvellous events to come. Chalk yet another one up for science. I managed to grab some nice snaps from our garden:
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Book Review: ‘Further Requirements’ by Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin interviews, broadcasts, statements and book reviews, 1952–1985.
Fountain pen mod
Last week, I bought myself a third Kaweco Sport fountain pen. This one has a blue cap and barrel. I really like these pens. My plan is to buy several, with the colour of each pen matching the colour of the ink it contains. Genius, or what? However, when I tried to fit an official… Continue reading Fountain pen mod
Ornamentation
Paying for parking the other day, I had to queue behind a woman who was having problems typing in her car registration on the screen. She eventually let me go in front of her. I experienced no such difficulties. It turned out she couldn’t press the screen properly due to her long false fingernails, so… Continue reading Ornamentation
Book Review: ‘Inventing the Enemy’ by Umberto Eco
Essays on everything.
Book Review: ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ by Joan Didion
A remarkable account of a year spent grieving.
Book Review: ‘The White Album’ by Joan Didion
New Journalism from the late-1960s and early 1970s.
Book Review: ‘Dead and Alive’ by Zadie Smith
A fantastic collection of essays.
Book Review: ‘The Given World’ by Melissa Harrison
Things go out of kilter in the Welm Valley.
Book Review: ‘Vertigo’ by Harald Jähner
The rise and fall of Weimar Germany, 1918–1933.