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  • An Impartial Account of Books Lately Printed in All Parts of Europe

    Europe Then and Now: The Works of Ye Learned, 1704, Vs. The Work of The Ignorant, 2019

    23rd March 2018

    As you may have read recently the European Union are planning to restrict the import and export of any cultural artefact manufactured over 250 years ago. It includes art, maps, prints, ornaments, furniture, jewellery and of course that most ‘umble…

  • The Yellow Brick Road To Driving Success

    How To Pass The Driving Test; Or, Look out for that octopus!

    23rd March 2018

    It’s two years since I passed the Driving Test, which would be cool if I were 20 years old. As I’m considerably older than that it’s deeply unimpressive – but I’ve got an excuse. It was all those lessons, see….

  • The wrong type.

    Eric Gill; or, The Writing on the Wall.

    11th March 2018

    I was offered a very rare and valuable Eric Gill book recently and did not buy it. I could have made a good profit; I could also have been left with something I could barely give away. As I write…

  • The cure to quarrelling, swearing and drunkenness.

    Quarrelling, Swearing and Drunkenness; or, Brighton Beach

    1st March 2018

    Can you believe it? ‘… there was a time when a part of the beach at Brighton exhibited a scene of quarrelling, swearing and drunkenness, such as was seldom witnessed.’ So claims the introduction to this 1863 book, ‘Lectures on…

  • A murdered author writes his own bibliomystery

    A Spooky Bibliomystery: Post Mortem by Guy Cullingford

    24th February 2018

    ‘Post Mortem’ by Guy Cullingford is an excellent bibliomystery. Un-likeable author Gilbert Worth is shot dead at point blank range and his death looks very much like suicide. Only his troubled spirit knows  he was murdered – but whodunnit? The…

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