I know you feel neglected but I have a few things on at the moment pulling me in different directions. For the moment here is my latest published article in World Architecture News. I will be back to keep you company soon!
Archive for September, 2009
Carl Kemm Loven
Posted in Uncategorized on September 30 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The World of Fashion
Posted in Fashion, tagged Fashion, NASA, Tavi Gevinson on September 23 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Two things dear reader……(are there any readers out there…..if so perhaps you could let me know!) One thing is that the most prolific and important fashion blogger writing this week is only 13. Her name is Tavi Gevinson and she is so important that she got invited to Fashion Week in New York. You can [...]
More than just a repository for books then….
Posted in Libraries, tagged Books, information management, Libraries, London Library, St James' on September 23 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The London Library is a very scary place indeed. I have just finished a walk along several corridors of books where the floor was made of metal with holes in it (big holes at that) and where the view downwards went on for two floors. This type of flooring is called grille flooring and could [...]
Another day, another library
Posted in Libraries, tagged Books, Buckingham Palace Road, London, Westminster Public Library, wifi on September 22 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Westminster Public Library on Buckingham Palace Road, London is another imposing Victorian building. Inside the reading room there is a minstrels’ gallery where books are also stored. The balustrade is of wrought iron and reminds me of a school. There are people here of all ages and backgrounds. There is the bag lady. She has [...]
New Mexico revisited
Posted in D H Lawrence, tagged DH Lawrence, Dorothy Brett, Kiowa Ranch, New Mexico, Sons & Lovers on September 22 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In 1924 Lawrence and Frieda went back to New Mexico and in exchange for the manuscript of Sons & Lovers they acquired the Kiowa Ranch from Mabel. The manuscript was estimated (by Frieda) to be worth about $50,000 at the time. The couple were not alone on their travels however. They were accompanied this time [...]
From New Mexico to Mexico
Posted in D H Lawrence, tagged D H Lawrence, Mabel Dodge Luhan., New Mexico, Picasso, Taos on September 18 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Their stay in Taos was fairly brief, much shorter than I would have understood from other reading. In fact from the time they arrived there in September 1922 until the time they fell out with Mabel only a brief couple of months passed. It became clear to them that there was a price to pay [...]
The Italian job
Posted in D H Lawrence, tagged D H Lawrence, Italy, The Rainbow on September 17 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lawrence and Frieda spent time in Italy, at the Fontana Vecchia, a villa which they loved and returned to. It seems that they lived a very itinerant lifestyle. They grew to hate England, particularly when they were in Cornwall towards the end of the war and were asked to leave by the police, who thought [...]
More wild horses….
Posted in Music, tagged Marianne Faithfull, Rolling Stones, Susan Boyle, The Telegraph. on September 17 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Telegraph today features an article on the song Wild Horses covered by Susan Boyle, and confirms it is as a classic. Written by Jagger/Richards, but recorded by many other notable singers since their own version of it was released, it is reported to concern the relationship between Jagger and Sixties singer Marianne Faithfull. Faithfull [...]
Wild Horses
Posted in Music, tagged Mick Jagger, Susan Boyle, The Rolling Stones, Wild Horses on September 16 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Susan Boyle’s new song is a Rolling Stones classic. And her version is fab! Mick and the boys must be very pleased that she chose this song to be part of her first album. Her singing has benefitted from any coaching she has had during the few months since she last sang for us. This [...]
Libraries
Posted in D H Lawrence, tagged Books, D H Lawrence, Frieda Lawrence, Italy, Libraries, Sons & Lovers on September 16 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love libraries. I like the smell of the books. I like the idea that there is so much stuff in them bursting to get out. I like the idea that I may know more when I come out than when I go in. My mother tells anyone who will listen to her that I [...]
D H Lawrence
Posted in D H Lawrence, tagged D H Lawrence, Georgia O''Keefe, library, Mabel Dodge Luhan., New Mexico, Santa Fe on September 15 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You will no doubt have missed me. I have been a little busy finishing off a dissertation – or maybe it finished me off! We will now find out if I have any writing skills left at all. I am about to embark upon a voyage of discovery about D H Lawrence. I traipsed up [...]
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