Review – “The Gospel of Eve” by Rachel Mann
All I wanted to do was re-examine Evie’s book. A palimpsest. Was that the solution to the secret of her …
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Dante in Lent: A sermon for the second Sunday of Lent
I don’t know how you are with the liturgical calendar. I’m afraid I’m one of those people who feels the …
The Hound of the Baskervilles and the Cat of the Wimseys: More Detective Fiction Covers
Here’s another detective novel paperback which seems to drastically misunderstand the story it contains. Or has it? After my previous …
Nine Tailors Make A Dame: Crime Fiction and Book Covers
Whilst rummaging around the primary texts for my current research project (a study of the novels of Agatha Christie), I …
Mummers Must Advertise: Dorothy L. Sayers, Ben Jonson, Balzac and a Host of Hogglers
Having recounted one tale of a literary reference I thought I’d found (but which turned out to be no such …
Imaginary Quads and Overheard Tennis: Ursula Orange and Dorothy L. Sayers
I’m on a bit of a mid-century novel binge at the moment, even more than usual, having discovered the “Furrowed …
Mystery and Craft in Dorothy L. Sayers and T.H. White
Dorothy Sayers and T.H. White are both writers intensely engaged with the idea of “mysteries”. That’s a speculation I’d like …
“like a female spaniel that thinks it’s going to get whipped”: Dorothy L. Sayers, Caroline Spurgeon and Shakespeare
Well, I was rather fond of Komski. And I did almost promise to live with him, till I found that …
Where the still world sleeps on its cruxes: the text of the sonnet in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Gaudy Night
Last weekend we had to wrestle with a textual crux in one of the texts which will be read at …
The Great Nutrax Row (The Mother of All Office Kerfuffles) by AJ Hall
This is a guest post by A.J. Hall, a lawyer, sailor and writer. She can be found on Twitter @legionseagle …
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