Bullocks under the bonnet
Imagine the car bucking and lurching over pot holes and road bumps, creating the random jolts and yanks of a...
Like sticks of barley sugar
It's years since I saw a stick of barley sugar, and this perhaps dates Donald Hall's otherwise quite timeless writing....
Mythical-sounding princes
Leigh Fermor is entranced by the names of these princes, making him want to explore Romania. We also decided we...
Aquatic Englishmen
It can be fun to see ourselves as others see us. Here Donald Hall's Romanian hosts are baffled by and...
Why vampires exist
You've been wondering, of course, whether vampires exist, and now you know that they do, and you know why. May...
Autumn mornings
Romanian Furrow is an account of months spent living and wandering in Romania in the early 1930s, learning...
Golden wine and blessing
Hall's book about living, working and travelling in Romania in the 1930s is warm and engaging, and he meets a...
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