Saturday, December 4, 2010

Romantic Moderns - Alexandra Harris

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When I think of the artists of the 1930s, I think of the Modernists. Art Deco ceramics & jewellery, angular, minimalist architecture ...
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Dove family update

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I posted here about the doves who have been nesting in my back porch every spring for the last few years. I had never seen any chicks in th...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte

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Anne Bronte is often an afterthought in books & articles about the Bronte family. The youngest, quietest & most reticent of the sibl...
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Friday, November 26, 2010

Abby's Friday afternoon

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Here are a few photos of Abby relaxing on the back porch on this hot, humid afternoon. I was ironing in the kitchen (I'm not sure why th...
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The Days of Duchess Anne - Rosalind K Marshall

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It’s odd how a reference in an article can lead to a book on the tbr shelves. I was reading an article in a magazine about the relationship ...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Nella Last in the 1950s - ed Patricia & Robert Malcolmson

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On the back of this new volume of Nella Last’s Diaries, there’s a quote from Simon Garfield, editor of several collections of Mass Observati...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

A few more classic covers - Virago Modern Classics

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The other day I posted about the Penguin & OUP Classics lists & how much I love the covers, fonts & paper of some incarnations ...
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