Prose and Passion

Here in Oxford we feel a special cultural connection to the dodo ( Raphus cucullatus ) - seeing that an important specimen of the extinct s...

This summer, I was quite spooked by the total absence of wasps around here, and after I read that they have also been missing elsewhere in t...

Pirate luthier adventures continued: violin number 17) In June I gave away six violins via freegle bringing the resident population ...

Some thoughts on I couldn't love you more by Esther Freud Bloomsbury 2021 I've been following the work of Esther Freud since ...

The publishers told me this week that first copies of my new book have arrived at their offices, and on checking up I see it can now be pre...

When humans travel, they tend to bring their infectious diseases along. With Covid and air travel we have seen that an outbreak can become a...

Somebody in Düsseldorf put an actual oil painting out with their bins this week and I liked the look of it when I cycled past it, so I am no...

Some thoughts on Malerinnen und Musen des »Blauen Reiters« by Hildegard Möller Piper Verlag 2007 I am definitely going to see the cu...

After bringing up a young cellist and spending quite some time obsessing with cello music myself, it was a bit of a shock to discover a coup...

I am slightly allergic to the whole AI hype and the tendency to use it for everything regardless of risks and side effects (a hundred years ...

a serendipitous find possibly of interest to the Krefeld Clan . On a tumblr blog that posts lots of old postcards I discovered this grou...

This August, Indonesia is due to inaugurate its new capital, Nusantara, located in a remote site surrounded by the rainforest of Borneo. I t...