In quest of lost libraries
For me the world of books and libraries has a shadow world of those lost or destroyed. Surely someone could...
Book as mirror II
One of the most reassuring and surprising insights I found in reading Harold Bloom's literary criticism, was the realization that...
Handwriting as clothing II
Stansted Park is an elegant house set in 1,700 acres of park and woodland in the south of England....
A writer’s retreat
We first noticed it when it was still a construction site, but even on a grimly dank and overcast day,...
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books
The whole intricate plot of Ruiz Zafón's Shadow of the Wind begins with his father taking him to this labyrinthine...
Librarian as satrap
Having known nothing but kindness among librarians, this striking description of a martinet guarding his books almost at the point...
Writing on wheels
Another in a series of accounts by John Steinbeck's wife, Elaine, of his perpetual search for the perfect writing space....
Palladian persuasive powers
Let me remember this the next time I wonder what chance there is of persuading anyone to fund ambitious cultural...
Of boats and books
Another example of Steinbeck's search for a perfect writing spot, in different houses, places, times of his life, as described...
A wilderness of books
This vast languishing resource was first brought home to me in Erik Reinert's How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and...
When did you begin?
Recently I read an old penny-paperback of The Grapes of Wrath. Â I was about three-quarters of the way through when...
A chapel for study – the reading room of the Oriental Institute
After a visit to the Oriental Institute museum in Chicago, I did a pit stop at...
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