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A Sparkling Comedy of Manners
The blurb on the back describes Love’s Shadow, by Ada Leverson, as ‘a wry, sparkling comedy of manners’ and, just for once, the blurb is quite right – the novel, a social satire on well-to-do Edwardian life, is light, witty, humorous, and very enjoyable. It’s another of those forgotten classics published in The Bloomsbury Group…
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The Summer Reading Pile
Well, Midsummer’s Day has been and gone, though the weather has been so dreadful if feels as if summer has never even arrived. June is over, and July is here. And even if the weather doesn’t improve, I can curl up on the sofa and tackle the TBR pile, which should last me well into…
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Saturday Snapshots of Privies and Prams!
This Victorian earth closet makes me think there;sa lot to be said for progress! This, as some of you probably know, is a picture of a Victorian ‘privy’ or ‘earth-closet’, with a couple of chamber pots stored on either side, and candles to provide some light. You’ll find this particular privy in the yard at Birmingham…
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Talking Trains with John Betjeman
The older I get, the more I like John Betjeman, especially his prose, and particularly Trains and Buttered Toast, an anthology of his radio talks, mostly from the thirties, forties and early fifties. The subject matter is varied, but his enthusiasms are apparent: Victoriana, seaside towns, great British eccentrics, churches. Despite his campaigns to preserve…
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