Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Off Finisterre - Horton Giddy

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Reading in old copies of The Listener , the BBC wireless magazine, from the 1930s, I found, in the issue for 11 November 1936 (Vol XVI, No ...
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Thursday, July 18, 2019

Faber & Faber: A Biased History

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The old saw goes something like this: History is written by the victors.  And if that isn't precisely correct, history, as written, is a...
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Thursday, June 27, 2019

A Ghostly Company

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A Ghostly Company is a small, friendly and informal group of ghost story enthusiasts who meet two or three times a year for weekends invol...
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Saturday, June 22, 2019

Wormwoodiana: The Tenth Anniversary of This Blog

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Yes, it's hard to believe it, but the first two posts on this blog date from 22 June 2009, ten years ago.  Since then we've had some...
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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Guest Post - Outsider Literature, Part 2, by R B Russell

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Part One of this post suggested that Outsider Literature might follow rules set down by Art Brut and Outsider Art, which would mean that ...
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Monday, June 17, 2019

Guest Post - Outsider Literature, Part 1, by R B Russell

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A few years ago any use of the term Outsider with reference to literature would probably have been an allusion to Albert Camus and his 19...
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Monday, June 10, 2019

Faunus - Arthur Machen Essay Prizes

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The Friends of Arthur Machen have announced a competition for essays on Machen submitted to their journal, Faunus . There will be a £200 pr...
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Saturday, June 8, 2019

The True Story of Lord Jim - Petronella Elphinstone

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Turnstile One (1948), edited by V S Pritchett is an anthology of contributions to the New Statesman and Nation , mostly from 1931 onwards....
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