Covid-19: a brush with death
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to all the staff at Kings College Hospital London, without whose care I would not be here today.
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James Bond and the 39 Steps
I've been reading John Buchan's 39 Steps again, which I've done numerous times since I first encountered it as a boy. It's an exciting...
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On Mortality
We are all passing into the darkness, that twilight zone, where death is approaching.
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The Tragedy of Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice
The excellent historie of the Merchaunte of Venyse!
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Reflections
The Tragedy of Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice
The excellent historie of the Merchaunte of Venyse!
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Beethoven's Eroica and Me
The Eroica was the first piece of music which really got through to my uncertain, adolescent self.
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Inkwell Serenade
Dedicated to the memory of my oldest friend, Tony Smith (Sept 1944 - Dec 2022).
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Beethoven's Eroica and Me
The Eroica was the first piece of music which really got through to my uncertain, adolescent self.
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Benjamin Britten: The War Requiem
Britten’s War Requiem is about the tragedy and futility of war.
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Sibelius and the Mystery of the Forests
Sibelius and the Development of Finnish Nationalism.
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Portrait of a Place
Memories of a place: Salthouse Norfolk
Holt is still my ‘place to go to’ in Norfolk, and I have grown to know and love the north Norfolk coastline.
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Portrait of a Place
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