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Monthly Archives: March 2012
The ‘Blue Room’ – Communicating through the Medium of Miss Pearl Judd
Quite a few years ago now, I worked part-time for a few weeks for a television documentary company who needed a historical researcher for a specific project. The documentary was never made, so my research didn’t go anywhere, but the … Continue reading
Novel: Memoir: Biography
Michael Barber’s Anthony Powell: A Life Early last summer I re-read Anthony Powell’s Dance to the Music of Time. It was as entertaining as I remembered it to be and, motivated both by curiosity and the sense that they might … Continue reading
The ‘Eastern Effrontery’ of Sir Robert Ho Tung
People give away money voluntarily for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes they do it publicly, and sometimes they follow the advice that Jesus Christ is reputed to have given to always give secretly and discretely. I have always liked that … Continue reading