Exotic and irrational entertainment

The coronavirus shutdown has resulted in our literal confinement to interior spaces. But for me it has also meant that, without the welcome ...

I listen to classical music almost exclusively now, but there was a time (as regular readers of this blog may have gathered) when I went to ...

Emily Dickinson in 1847, at age 16. Image source: Smithsonian Magazine Was Emily Dickinson, for decades, the lover of her sister-in...

Andy Gill and Jon King onstage, Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp, Belgium, 2nd May 1981. (Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images. Source: NME ) Andy Gill...

This edition of "Suggested reading" takes another look at some assumptions and finds that there's often something unexpected t...