Just a quick note to say I’m taking a blogging break, as I’ve just moved house and my Internet is not yet connected. With all the packing, moving, unpacking etc my reading has dwindled, something I hope to rectify this weekend with Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce, The comfort of Saturdays by Alexander McCall Smith [...]
Entries from October 2008
4 October, 2008
The ode less travelled by Stephen Fry, 2005
Stephen Fry begins this beginner’s guide to reading and writing poetry by confessing:
“I HAVE A DARK AND DREADFUL SECRET. I write poetry.
This is an embarrassing confession for an adult to make. In their idle hours Winston Churchill and Noel Coward painted. For fun and relaxation Albert Einstein played the violin. Hemingway hunted, Agatha Christie gardened, [...]
