An Embarrassment of Frivolities

I popped into Marks and Spencer today to buy some tights, after a visit to the doctor to get the results of my second blood test. He confirm...

I'm back in Oxford now, after a week's rest at home, and I'm pleased to report that the penicillin and steroids worked their mag...

Well, life really is full of surprises, isn't it? I did not expect, this time last week, that I would now be sitting in my bed at home, ...

I'm rather behind on my target for Persephone Reading Weekend , as my very busy weekend and return to Oxford means that I've so far ...

Today marks the beginning of Persephone Reading Weekend, run by Verity and Claire . If you haven't already, do pay a visit to their blo...

Sir William Cornwallis the Younger (c.1579 - 1614), 'Of Loue' from Essayes (1600): It is a pretty soft thing this same Loue, an exc...

Although I didn't exactly do very well with my report of the last Persephone Reading Week , which unfortunately arrived just as I fell o...