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Sea Pictures VI

Continue reading Sea Pictures VI

Posted on May 25, 2018April 27, 2018Categories Sea PicturesTags Shakespeare, WaterhouseLeave a comment on Sea Pictures VI

Shakespeare, frost fairs and climate change

The weather has always been a topic of conversation in England. Continue reading Shakespeare, frost fairs and climate change

Posted on January 29, 2016January 25, 2016Categories Odds & Ends, Writing & WritersTags Climate change, frost fairs, Midsummer Night's Dream, Shakespeare, ThamesLeave a comment on Shakespeare, frost fairs and climate change

Shakespeare’s legacy

A tribute to “insubstantial pageants”. Continue reading Shakespeare’s legacy

Posted on January 5, 2016January 4, 2016Categories Writing & WritersTags epitaph, quadricentenary, Shakespeare, sonnets, tempestLeave a comment on Shakespeare’s legacy

Cleopatra and the legend of sea silk

Silk is usually made from the cocoons of silkworms. But there is another, much rarer, kind known as sea silk or byssus. Continue reading Cleopatra and the legend of sea silk

Posted on September 25, 2015September 15, 2015Categories Odds & EndsTags byssus, Chiara Vigo, Cleopatra, sea silm, ShakespeareLeave a comment on Cleopatra and the legend of sea silk

Richard III: From devil to saint

Shakespeare is the reason a pile of old bones has been ceremonially laid to rest after 530 years. After all, who but historians would remember a king who reigned for such a short time? Continue reading Richard III: From devil to saint

Posted on April 7, 2015March 30, 2015Categories Nostalgia, Odds & Ends, Writing & WritersTags Leicester Cathedral, Richard II, Richard III, ShakespeareLeave a comment on Richard III: From devil to saint

In praise of metaphor

“One thing that literature would be greatly the better for
Would be a more restricted employment by the authors of simile and metaphor,” wrote Ogden Nash in his poem “Very Like a Whale”. Continue reading In praise of metaphor

Posted on March 27, 2015March 17, 2015Categories Writing & WritersTags metaphor, Ogden Nash, Pratchett, Shakespeare, simileLeave a comment on In praise of metaphor

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