Paté and Parallels: Reading “The Last Chronicle of Barset”
I’ve been reading Anthony Trollope’s The Last Chronicle of Barset recently, and enjoying the experience. [Spoiler warning: don’t read this …
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The Parson’s Handbook by Percy Dearmer: A Classic of Victorian Anglicanism
Today the Erewash Press published a book I’m very proud of: our affordable Kindle edition of The Parson’s Handbook by …
“rising nightly among the metropolitans”: The Fun and Fascination of Victorian Theatre Adverts
This week I’ve been redrafting a chapter from my book about Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi, and remembering why Victorian …
A Church in Crisis: Anthony Trollope’s ‘Clergymen of the Church of England’
Last month the Erewash Press published Clergymen of the Church of England, Anthony Trollope’s collection of “clerical sketches”. In it …
Nutcrackers, or, “A Divertissement of Sweeeeet”
Why do we love The Nutcracker so much? What is it that gave this ballet with a frankly rather silly …
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