Tag Archives: Crystal Palace

Professor Pepper and His Ghost

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

I used to love Little Grey Rabbit – calm, loving, domestic, tolerant of the foibles of her ‘family’ of bumptious Hare and vain, petty Squirrel. The book I remember best was Little Grey Rabbit’s Party, in which (the clue is … Continue reading →

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The Prince and the Earl

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

An election happened this weekend which resembled the Roman Saecular Games, in being an event which nobody now alive had ever seen, and nobody now alive would ever (perhaps, but who knows if contested elections will become the norm?) see again. … Continue reading →

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The Man Who Knew Everyone . . . And Wrote about Them

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

We have commented before on what a closed society the nineteenth-century intelligentsia was, with everyone seeming to be connected with everyone else, by blood, marriage, friendship, or as part of a circle of colleagues with shared interests. In the social … Continue reading →

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