What day was it?
Back in the 90s, I picked up a book called 'Days, Months & Years - a perpetual calendar for the past, present and future' by the extraordinarily named Magdalen Bear.…
Silent Skies
One can't help wondering about the fall out - literal and metaphorical - of the volcano in Iceland. Is this going to be an event of such magnitude that it…
Whether to be at your desk or in the garden
I was blocked this morning, as usual. Today my demon was telling me that I wasn't clever enough to surmount the latest obstacle. It's too much, too big, my brain's…
Pepys’s Diary
For anyone working on the sixteenth century, there is a blog on Pepys which is a terrific resource. See the encyclopedia section on www.pepysdiary.com.