A grey morning in London. I just managed to get (with help) the photos off my old phone, and found this one of Loxwood, the village in Sussex where Nancy and Larry spent a year from 1933. I think it … Continue reading →

And today is the actual birthday of LD. Only in Shangri-la would one wish anyone to reach 100, and I don’t suppose a telegram from Her Majesty would mean much to the exile in Sommieres, but I will raise a … Continue reading →

Radio Gorgeous (wonderful name) have put up their podcast of the interview I did on Valentine’s Day, though it’s debatable whether Amateurs is the ideal Valentine’s read. And today the Sunday Express has published a two page article about the … Continue reading →

‘Pretentious’ is a word that’s cropped up more than once in recent remarks about LD’s oeuvre, causing understandable annoyance to his admirers, who try to refute the accusation. More useful, perhaps, would be to reclaim the word. I’m reading – … Continue reading →

I’ve just found an excellent review of Amateurs in the Scotsman, Sunday 12th Feb. Excellent not so much because it is appreciative, though that obviously helps, but because it recognizes what the book tries to stress – rather than focussing … Continue reading →