Ephemera

Just a very quick note to remind folks that, first, I shall be in haunted Toronto - for the first time in my life in Canadia, God help me - ...

OK, I'm on a little bit of a cinema kick. Johnnie To is, by far, the best action cinema director working today. I'm going to take on...

On the Thames, off Somerset House, was a timber shed built on a strong barge, and called “the Folly.” In William III.’s reign it was anchore...

All the gruesome murders! This week's post comes courtesy of Cambridge University and its labour in the fields of the Lord, the Murder M...

Today, friends of his sell sexy French and American magazines. These are nearly all second-hand. Customers who buy such a magazine can sell ...

Newmarket has over fifty horse training stables, two large racetracks, the Rowley Mile and the July Course, and one of the most extensive a...

A while back I posted my thoughts on the new PHB release , and I wasn’t thrilled. I said at the time that it “feels as if there's not as...