Daughter # 3, the one whose superpowers, she freely concedes, include a propensity to melodrama, called me Friday night, and despite her pretense at initial small talk, I instantly sensed the tears in her voice.…
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If you’ve read Ross King’s wonderful The Judgement of Paris (about the Impressionist painters), you’ll know how compellingly he puts together research to tell the story of a period of art history. In Defiant Spirits: The…
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So let’s see, Pater had the boat taken in for its annual motor check-up and conditioning and found that the (saltwater) corrosion noted last year had accelerated and it was time to replace. So we’ve…
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I will admit that I resisted picking up this book for some time, despite reading numerous laudatory reviews, because of its subject matter. In case you haven’t come across these reviews of the Booker-shortlisted novel,…
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I’ve noticed a climate change when it comes to talking about packing. A few years ago, any claim that I’d managed two weeks in Paris with carry-on luggage would be met most often with incredulity.…
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