Reconsiderations October 2019
Sachie Sitwell’s museum of curiosities
On the youngest of the taste-making trio.
Department: “Reconsiderations”
Reconsiderations April 2019
Martin Green’s treasure hunt
Rereading Martin Green’s Children of the Sun.
Reconsiderations February 2019
Sylvia & Michael on Sinister Street
On the novels of Compton Mackenzie.
Reconsiderations November 2018
On the depth of “Wuthering Heights”
On Emily Brontë’s classic, occasioned by a new Oxford Companion to the works of the Brontë sisters.
Reconsiderations September 2018
Milton, Mill & the limits of free speech
On the complexities and responsibilities of free expression.
Reconsiderations June 2018
They built the wall
A review of Hadrian’s Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy.
Reconsiderations May 2018
The metamorphosis of David Jones
A review of David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet by Thomas Dilworth.
Reconsiderations February 2018
Manzoni’s unfulfilled legacy
On the economic lessons of Alessandro Manzoni’s The Betrothed.
Reconsiderations December 2017
A cycle of madness
A new look at Flann O’Brien’s The Third Policeman.
Reconsiderations October 2017
A note on Robertson Davies
On the life and career of Robertson Davies.