Author Archives: vhk10

I’m not going to attempt a systematic review, as those can be found elsewhere and in any case I’m unfamiliar with some of the territory Ross covers in his survey of 20th-century classical music. In the areas I do know … Continue reading →

These stories are typically a few pages long, and as befits a travel writer are set worldwide. A problem with reading the stories in this form rather than in a magazine (where most originally appeared) is the need to check … Continue reading →

We took this on holiday with us to the SW Peloponnese and found it a useful guide to the region. Ancient sites are covered in detail, and as a classicist by training myself I was on the lookout for inaccuracies.  … Continue reading →

If you’ve read Ex Libris by the same author you’ll know that she would like to revive the now rather neglected genre of the short essay, in the tradition of Lamb, who is the subject of one of the essays … Continue reading →

This Routledge course in Spanish was originally published in 1919 and revised in 1931 and 1963. Our copy is a 1991 reprint, purchased in the mid 1990’s. It’s now out of print, for reasons that this review should make clear. … Continue reading →

The Archimedes Codex tells two stories: that of Archimedes himself and his contributions to mathematics, and that of the small battered parchment volume which is our only source for some of his discoveries. The book alternates between these two stories. … Continue reading →

(this review contains a minor plot spoiler) I got a great deal of entertainment out of the mid-Sixties English suburbia period detail. I don’t remember that time directly, and it is now long enough ago for the setting to seem … Continue reading →

Who hasn’t tried to write haiku? I last did it when contributions in this format were requested for our internal staff news, and I wrote one on the unlikely topic of a website launch. This little book consists mostly of … Continue reading →

I think this book must have sold in large numbers (the proceeds from sales went towards the Kathleen Ferrier memorial scholarships), because it is often to be found in second-hand shops. My copy was the 9th impression (published in July … Continue reading →

I think you might do better to read E.M. Forster if you want to know about upper middle class London life in the years leading up to the First World War. I also felt that she didn’t really know quite … Continue reading →