ROTTERDAM IS ANYWHERE ALONE
cindyphillips Aesop’s Fables, The World’s Best Known Collection Of Morality Tales (circa 260 BC), provides the first instance of the caution ‘Be careful what you wish for’. I thought of this…
built history
LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
Have you thought about what kind of “senior living community” you want to die in? Godawful phrase that, innit, Senior Living? For most of my peers it is a perpetual…
Does History Matter?
What are you curious about? “Why does history matter? A better man might be able to answer with far more questions than answers. Whenever the importance of history is discussed,…
Does History Matter?
What are you curious about? “Why does history matter? A better man might be able to answer with far more questions than answers. Whenever the importance of history is discussed,…
CAN WE UNRAVEL THE BAMBOOZLE?
We’ve got ourselves a new cabinet, a brand new South African government; anything could happen. It’s all subjunctive, it’s all ‘what if this happens’, or ‘why didn’t they…’, that’s what…
MUSIC TO SLIT YOUR WRISTS BY?
It’s the anniversary of the death of Mahler. I’ve been ferreting out bits about his miserable messy life this week, because of Gropius, but I mustn’t digress to architecture here.…
Friday Book Review. DOG HOTEL
(Children’s Fiction) The other day I visited a real-life Dog Hotel built alongside the beautifully hidden ancient ruins of a Settler farmhouse in my village. I often stop there in…
STONE LOVE
FINDING GHOSTS IN THE HOUSES OF THE HOLY “The domestic details of north-country farmhouse life are among the things to which Beatrix Potter gave herself most completely. A well-scrubbed flag…