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Sky and clouds and trees and little figures relaxing in the perfect rural rhythm of their surroundings: these are the staples of a Gainsborough... →
I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with... →
The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance.
It's the time of year when the literati give advice on what we should be reading on our summer holidays. These terrifying lists often leave me... →
Travel books are, by and large, boring. They lodge uncomfortably between fact, fiction and autobiography.
A female friend who caught me watching Fashion TV reckons its audience is largely made up of slobbering men who are just taking a break from the... →
I've noticed that my resolutions involve me not doing stuff that I wasn't going to do anyway so here's something more positive. I'm... →
The best way to prepare for a night out with a Shakespearean tragedy is to do a bit of reading up in the afternoon, eat a light supper - perhaps... →
Give me the new thing and give it to me now. I don't want that old thing - I've seen it, heard it, bought it, slept with it, loved it, but... →
The real change that paintings undergo is in the perceptions of the viewer.
After you've read a novel, you only retain a vague memory of its contents. You remember the atmosphere, the odd image or phrase or vivid cameo.
An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist.
I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and... →
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