blethers

"Blether - n. foolish chatter. - v.intr. chatter foolishly [ME blather, f. ON blathra talk nonsense f. blathr nonsense]" - Concise Oxford Dictionary.

Showing posts with label historical novels. Show all posts

Showing posts with label historical novels. Show all posts

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Plotless novel of the religious life

My mother gave me a copy of Sylvia Townsend Warner's novel The Corner That Held Them for Christmas in 1992. I read it at the time wit...

Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Rite of passage

I became acquainted with the writing of Michael Arditti through the meticulous and often hilarious Easter , and wishlisted his rite-of-pas...

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Restoration, in more ways than one.

I've recently discovered Rose Tremain - I'm still in that lovely place when you realise that someone whose writing you enjoy has wr...

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Class wars in Doyle

AS I start this post, I notice that the photo accompanying the one about +Kevin's consecration has vanished. I hope it's a temporary...

Sunday, December 12, 2010

An old friend rediscovered

Have you ever spent years, on and off, looking for something, becoming convinced that a malevolent guest has nicked it, or that you somehow ...

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