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…wasn’t immediately easy. First there was the request, and a case to be made. To my surprise there was a question of money; happily that was eventually overcome. Then there…
Read more…Leicester Square). ‘[T]here is beginning to spring up a generation which remembers, but cannot for the life of it recall, the Strand and its northern purlieus as they were before…
Read more…Maureen taught the subject herself up the road at the City Lit. (‘Hard work and badly paid’ as a character remarks in In Times Like These, the very latest novel.)…
Read more…While the book itself has much to explore thematically, here I’ll look closely at a very short section of the book. Having combed through the novel in search for the…
Read more…For those unfamiliar with this trajectory, it may come as even more surprising that the medieval period has offered Maureen rich material too: The Orpheus Trail turns on the discovery…
Read moreA recent walk along the Strand in search of fidget spinners led me to start thinking about souvenirs. Sadly the Strand doesn’t feature in London-themed merchandise – it’s not as…
Read more…odd people [. . .] I remember we had one lady who used to come in and have a shower in the first basement. And you always knew she was…
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