I’ve done my share of dedications. Some of them are obvious, if a little sentimental and whimsical: To the REAL Spanish Gardens, now long vanished. Thank you for the Irish…Continue readingThank you for the Irish Coffees
Ice on trees and snow on the ground, beauty mixed with danger. Photo: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA In The Guardian, Richard Hirst gives us ghost stories by the fireside and perilous…Continue readingLiterary Winters
“These days we’re desperately trying to get more people to read (‘Please, read anything, here’s a YA novel by the Kardashians’) but in the 1800s, it was a different story,”…Continue readingIs reading fiction dangerous?