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Granite to Limestone to Chalk: Richard Graves’ Mickleton and William Morris at Broadway Tower

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Nigel Smith

Sunday‘s industrial remains are left behind. Monday morning takes me from Dartmoor to Gloucestershire: from granite to limestone. Hidcote is a very attractive Arts & Crafts style garden, with honey-coloured Cotswold stone buildings as a backdrop. It was designed in … Continue reading →

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COLUMELLA: or, The Distressed Anchoret, a colloquial tale, by Richard Graves

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Nigel Smith

I recently read the novel Columella by Richard Graves (1715-1804), author of The Spiritual Quixote. Clarence Tracy, Graves’ biographer wrote: “It has been said that one of the finest achievements of the Church of England was the maintenance of one … Continue reading →

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Understanding old stuff

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Nigel Smith

I listened to a ‘Much Binding in the Marsh’ from November 1948 on BBC Radio 7 last week and one of the jokes went something like: ‘Murdoch, you’re wearing glasses – is there something wrong with your eyes?’ ‘No everyone’s … Continue reading →

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The Spiritual Quixote: or, the Summer’s Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose by Richard Graves

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Nigel Smith

I have recently finished reading Richard Graves’ The Spiritual Quixote: or, the Summer’s Ramble of Mr Geoffry Wildgoose; it’s often described as ‘engaging’, and that’s the perfect adjective. As might be expected from the title, the plotline is based, as … Continue reading →

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