Laura’s Dress, Part II
In the second part of Harry Chapman’s story, the girls arrive at school and Laura, resplendent in her…
Browsing: The Idler
Short Fiction: Laura’s Dress
In a charming tale of sartorial self-consciousness, Harry Chapman tells the story of young New…
Genealogical Journeys
So Derek Jacobi’s a Huguenot descendant? And Paul Hollywood comes from war hero stock? As…
The English Dandy: Who, Sir? Me, Sir?
Margaret May muses on the erstwhile English Dandy – his emergence, his rise to pre-eminence…
The Changing of the Guard
Readers, he’s back. Edwardian Britain’s most charismatic trickster, and in an entirely new scheme- ahem, adventure.…
Waterloo
The Southbank is an interesting place. It is the intersection of so many different parts.…
The Pursuit of Idleness
What a delectable notion is the concept of idleness. The very word conjures up a…
A Tubular Experience
For those of us that live there the London Underground is one of life’s mundane…
Al Alvarez: A Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man
Of all the characters I have encountered at the pond over the years, he has…
The Priest
The old priest was dying. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer six months or…
A Comedian in Tennessee, Part II
In the second part of his stint gigging in Dollywood, Angus Dunican discovers both an…
A Comedian in Tennessee, Part I
As the Edinburgh Festival gets underway, Angus Dunican reflects on jobs comedians take out of season.…