I seem - in moments of seeking a counter-irritant to my edits of MSP’s forthcoming work (publication on 4 July or so) on George Washington’s correspondence with Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (a task that has alas deprived me of much good company) - to have committed fic, and that in another fandom. It results, on the surface, from research I did ( Read more... )

... and why it's dead wrong.

( From the HD Writers' exercises. )

Whom I quote as follows: ‘The 7-10 most influential contemporary bands/artists in your life. Contemporary = making music during your lifetime! For example, if you are under age 40, you can’t say The Beatles. You don’t have to put them in any order.’

As it happens, I am over the age of forty. What constitutes ‘influential’ is, I notice, cannily left ( Read more... )

( Take two parts Alf Garnett, one part Del Boy.... )

( Portrait of a blinking idiot. )

( Mad dogs and Englishmen. )

( Caught up. )

( Catching on. )

( Catching up. )