Sleep is good, books are better
The following is the transcript from a video I have just put up on Youtube ("Victorian Chronicles"). My first ever edited video - so it's a bit of an experiment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atuiuBL2EfU TRANSCRIPT: For me creativity is not very far from playfulness. And Jane Austen was a highly creative person. Here she is barely 16 years... Continue Reading →
Book review – The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (1844) “Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.” The Count of Monte Cristo is a 1250 page adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (working with a collaborator), originally serialised... Continue Reading →
Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of H G Wells! To celebrate here are four classic illustrations from his 1897 "scientific romance" War of the Worlds (see below). H.G. didn't like the original drawings, so these are taken from the 1906 edition. Pen and ink drawings from Henrique Alvim Corrêa. I have a... Continue Reading →
The Long Victorian 