I'm glad. It's the sort of story that's both the absolute best example and the absolute worst example of how good the classic era was. Deeply satisfying if you liked McCoy's era in particular, but it offers nothing for the casual viewer (but, you know, so what?)
You've championed these books more than once on here (and on the Old Place back in the day), Simon. I may have to jump in. Feeling bereft since finishing Gormenghast and so I want to keep reading deep, immersive stuff.
Lovely. I like seeing pictures of sites taken before the hand of commercial tidying-up has had any influence. Like ones of Stone Henge taken before it was partially restored in 1901, when it's all wonky and weedy and muddy. It makes it look more mysterious and chanced upon.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
"The familiar dragged the brown sack that had contained it. Though it had not found a use for it, and though it had no words for the emotion, it felt something like sentiment for the hessian.”
One appearance by Meades I especially enjoyed is the Great Lives on Edward Burra. One of my favourite broadcasters going on about one of my favourite artists.
