Redux: Proustian-cocktail

NB: This is an old post. A bunch of people on Instagram, including @booksandcoffeestains and @bibliobimbo, are reading the first … More

Voltaire in love

NB; This cocktail came about when I was reading more than one book about Voltaire, so this is a translated … More

A poet and a cocktail

I did have a “Bobby Burns” on Burns night actually, but didn’t blog about it. Hadn’t planned that far ahead(not … More

Proustian-cocktail

When I first created this I called it “A la recherche-cocktail” but “Proustian” seemed simpler somehow. Although it isn’t Proust … More

The Essex serpent (and another sour)

They leave gifts on the doorstep of rosehip syrup and walnuts in their shells; they leave cards and handkerchiefs … More

John Uskglass, The raven king

In conclusion PORTISHEADS’s book-though containing many excellent things-is fine example of the mad contradiction at the heart of Modern English … More

Weekend and The Vinculus

Yet the reason for Vinculus’s celebrity-or notoriety-was a little mysterious. He was no better a magician than any of the … More

Honeyfoot&Segundus

And then,as if struck by a thought, he said “we are two magicians. Honeyfoot&Segundus” he said trying it out,as if … More

The Childermass

Childermass knows. Childermass understands. It is rare but it does happen; Mr Norrell acknowledges the importance of his manservant. Mr … More

…& Mr Norrell

Carry about,exclaimed mr Norrell, more chocked then ever. “But surely you do not intend to take them from place to … More