Brideshead Revisited George’s recent comment here about Evelyn Waugh’s (Wu as Conrad calls him) generous opinion of Conrad Russell was written after Conrad’s death. He had not had an opportunity to read Conrad’s letters.
60,000 Silver Thimbles I walked to Kensington Gardens yesterday morning to meet a friend before lunch at Ognisko.
April is the Cruelest Month Thank you to friends wishing me a happy 68th birthday on Sunday: here, by post and email. I had a home-made birthday cake with candles (not 68).
Tied Up When I came to live and work in London in 1976 my grandfather generously thought of a couple of things to make me fit in.
The Efficient Eimear Unlike Lord Emsworth my grandfather rather enjoyed having a secretary. He called her Miss Tappitt, not to her face.