Tag: reductionism
Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
I recently read ‘The Diaries of Evelyn Waugh‘ as edited by Michael Davie. What is shared below is a small selection of entries, often partial, which do not present the … Continue reading Diaries of Evelyn Waugh
Take care with colour
To play ‘Take care with colour‘ please click here or on the above image. Music credit: ‘Hurricane’ by Katherine Priddy
Flight of ideas
Squiggles Prosody (when and now) Syntax (arranged) Grammar (not to be silly) Punctuation (all in the timing) Peter DLROW being confident is not ‘me’. the lack of is my making Capture … Continue reading Flight of ideas
Richard Holloway on over-certainty
This is from a Scotsman feature, 11 January 1996. I think that Richard makes a very important point. I should say that I am a friend of and correspondent with … Continue reading Richard Holloway on over-certainty
a single word
I am reading Gliff, a novel by Ali Smith. There is such wonder, inventiveness and beauty in her use of language. Here is one sentence:
February 1998
In the previous millennium Richard Holloway shared this ‘thought for the day’. I feel fortunate that my life has overlapped with Richard Holloway and that in our time we have … Continue reading February 1998