David Wheatley
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looking at a poetry anthology from 1947 at the British Library, obscure enough that I had to ask them to cut some of the pages (!)
here’s a poem by Oswell Blakeston and Max Chapman, artists and writers who were pretty much a lifelong couple
here’s a poem by Oswell Blakeston and Max Chapman, artists and writers who were pretty much a lifelong couple
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
looking at a poetry anthology from 1947 at the British Library, obscure enough that I had to ask them to cut some of the pages (!)
here’s a poem by Oswell Blakeston and Max Chapman, artists and writers who were pretty much a lifelong couple
here’s a poem by Oswell Blakeston and Max Chapman, artists and writers who were pretty much a lifelong couple
‘Here a scarf flies, there an excited call is heard’ (Ashbery, The Skaters).
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
‘Here a scarf flies, there an excited call is heard’ (Ashbery, The Skaters).
A poem from Jack Mapanje’s Of Chameleons and Gods.
November 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A poem from Jack Mapanje’s Of Chameleons and Gods.
The fact that the ex-chairman of Historic Environment Scotland is called Hugh Hall reminds me of Myles na gCopaleen's suggestion that Hugh Lane have a street named after him in Dublin called... Hugh Lane. #nominativedeterminism
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Allegations against ex-Historic Environment Scotland chair revealed for the first time
The Scotsman can reveal the allegations against the former chair of Historic Environment Scotland
www.scotsman.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The fact that the ex-chairman of Historic Environment Scotland is called Hugh Hall reminds me of Myles na gCopaleen's suggestion that Hugh Lane have a street named after him in Dublin called... Hugh Lane. #nominativedeterminism
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
Sad to learn of the death of Buster the cat, who lived at Huntly Castle. Perhaps its first regular inhabitant since the last Marquis of Huntly to do so?
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Sad to learn of the death of Buster the cat, who lived at Huntly Castle. Perhaps its first regular inhabitant since the last Marquis of Huntly to do so?
Embarking on a JC Bach binge, I heard and really liked his viola concerto in C minor. Except it turns out to be a fake, confected by the early 20th c. French composer Henri Casadesus! It is still performed as the work of 'Bach/Casadesus'. Bizarre and remarkable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_-p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_-p...
J.C. Bach, Casadesus: Viola Concerto in C Minor - I. Allegro molto ma maestoso
YouTube video by Nemanja Radulović - Topic
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November 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Embarking on a JC Bach binge, I heard and really liked his viola concerto in C minor. Except it turns out to be a fake, confected by the early 20th c. French composer Henri Casadesus! It is still performed as the work of 'Bach/Casadesus'. Bizarre and remarkable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_-p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_-p...
And I thought American papers were famous for fact-checking! Robert Pinsky in the New York Times.
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And I thought American papers were famous for fact-checking! Robert Pinsky in the New York Times.
Charlotte Brontë did not send out manuscripts for consideration, I learn, she ‘perseveringly obtruded’ them.
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Charlotte Brontë did not send out manuscripts for consideration, I learn, she ‘perseveringly obtruded’ them.
A copy of Eumenides belonging to Alexander Charles Quentin Hamilton Irvine, then a student in Winchester College.
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A copy of Eumenides belonging to Alexander Charles Quentin Hamilton Irvine, then a student in Winchester College.
Aberdeen from above.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Aberdeen from above.
An unusual fact about Planxty is that Andy Irvine (second left) appeared in 1957 as a child actor in Magpies, an ITV adaptation of Henry James's short story 'The Pupil'.
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
An unusual fact about Planxty is that Andy Irvine (second left) appeared in 1957 as a child actor in Magpies, an ITV adaptation of Henry James's short story 'The Pupil'.
In Rosmuc once, Patrick Pearse asked if people had heard of the early 19th century poet Colm de Bhailís. Colm the poet! he lives next door, came the answer (as Gaeilge). Colm de Bhailís (1796-1906), Ireland’s only supercentenarian poet (?).
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 AM
In Rosmuc once, Patrick Pearse asked if people had heard of the early 19th century poet Colm de Bhailís. Colm the poet! he lives next door, came the answer (as Gaeilge). Colm de Bhailís (1796-1906), Ireland’s only supercentenarian poet (?).
A rather painful review of Stefan Collini's Literature and Learning by Daniel Karlin, who is not sure that anyone cares anymore about Arnold, Leavis, Empson and Eagleton and those other old Easter Island statues. www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
November 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
A rather painful review of Stefan Collini's Literature and Learning by Daniel Karlin, who is not sure that anyone cares anymore about Arnold, Leavis, Empson and Eagleton and those other old Easter Island statues. www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
Roy Foster pronounces on The Poems of Seamus Heaney. www.the-tls.com/literature/p...
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Roy Foster pronounces on The Poems of Seamus Heaney. www.the-tls.com/literature/p...
Are we to infer from this poem that Tom Paulin has belatedly made his peace with Philip Larkin?
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Are we to infer from this poem that Tom Paulin has belatedly made his peace with Philip Larkin?
There is a poem in the new Tom Paulin book about a Cézanne portrait of someone called Alexandre Paulin. I wonder which painting he means? The best I can do is The Card Players, whose models were apparently called Le père Alexandre and Paulin Paulet.
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There is a poem in the new Tom Paulin book about a Cézanne portrait of someone called Alexandre Paulin. I wonder which painting he means? The best I can do is The Card Players, whose models were apparently called Le père Alexandre and Paulin Paulet.
My word St Christopher, what a large tooth you have.
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My word St Christopher, what a large tooth you have.
An apparition of St Martin to the anthroposophists of Deeside prior to a lantern walk in his honour.
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
An apparition of St Martin to the anthroposophists of Deeside prior to a lantern walk in his honour.
Only catching up with this now: Jeremy Noel-Tod on The Poems of Seamus Heaney. literaryreview.co.uk/the-pen-the-...
Jeremy Noel-Tod - The Pen & the Spade
Jeremy Noel-Tod: The Pen & the Spade - The Poems of Seamus Heaney by Rosie Lavan, Bernard O’Donoghue and Matthew Hollis (edd.)
literaryreview.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Only catching up with this now: Jeremy Noel-Tod on The Poems of Seamus Heaney. literaryreview.co.uk/the-pen-the-...
Filling in a page on my workplace's research database today, I found myself obliged to select the function marked 'create external person'.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Filling in a page on my workplace's research database today, I found myself obliged to select the function marked 'create external person'.
George Moore thought this 'the most perfect prose narrative in English letters.'
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
George Moore thought this 'the most perfect prose narrative in English letters.'
Delighted to read in a description of the 'Rhynie chert', a famous Devonian archaeological sample from upper Donside, that it contains 'the oldest known sex-organs in world history'.
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Delighted to read in a description of the 'Rhynie chert', a famous Devonian archaeological sample from upper Donside, that it contains 'the oldest known sex-organs in world history'.
Corse Castle and environs, near Tarland.
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Corse Castle and environs, near Tarland.