Reconsiderations February 2019
Sylvia & Michael on Sinister Street
On the novels of Compton Mackenzie.
Department: “Reconsiderations”
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.
Reconsiderations October 2015
Max Beerbohm’s humanity
Reading Max Beerbohm reveals much about the times in which he lived.
Reconsiderations October 2015
Max Beerbohm’s humanity
Reading Max Beerbohm reveals much about the times in which he lived.