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Recent Posts from This Journal

• Now, with yer hy-dee-rangers …

  Years ago, a nice old boy came to give a talk to the Horticultural Society. To my delight, he called hydrangeas hy-dee-rangers. His advice was…

• Found in Books 13: The Book Club Newsletter

  I see I last did one of these posts in 2012. A sad reflection on how much harder it is to buy old books these days. Last week, I bought a book on…

• Jane Austen, Lucy Worsley and me

  I very much enjoyed Lucy Worsley’s Jane Austen at Home. It is exactly what the title suggests: a description of all the houses Jane Austen lived…