Kips, corf-batters and arse-loops
Pitmatic, an obscure miners’ dialect “so dense that it held up social reforms,” finally gets a dictionary.
Pitmatic, an obscure miners’ dialect “so dense that it held up social reforms,” finally gets a dictionary.
The Scottish Writers’ Museum is set to grant permission for a Muriel Spark memorial in Edinburgh’s Makars’ Court, where Stevenson & others are commemorated.
Hilary Mantel reflects on the enduring relevance of Orpheus and Euridice, arguing that, in the era of modern rationalism, we banish the ancient gods at our peril. For some years I lived in Africa, in Botswana, and people there used to say that to see ghosts you need to look out of the corners of your eyes. If you turn . . .
Last week I posted the letter my grandfather sent to my grandmother, Martha, after she found out he was cheating and left him. This week’s installment is a letter from Christine, the other woman, pictured next to my grandfather second from left above, who also had a kid and a spouse. According to my mom, Robert married her two or three . . .
You guys know this isn’t my job, right? I feel awkward saying it again, but some people still don’t seem to realize: the site is a hobby. Of course I’m always glad to hear from readers, but I don’t wait in suspended animation for email and books to arrive. My actual job is incredibly glamorous. I sit within the . . .