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Author: penwithlit
Freelance writer and radio presenter
I find it hard to remain cheerful this summer, though I have one or two good reasons to celebrate—not counting the two named Nina and Charlie. One development worth toasting is the appearance of Vernon Duke’s Passport to Paris and Los Angeles Poems, a book packed with such gaiety that I can hardly keep from […]
“No Victors Here”: Alexander Voloshin in the Hollywood Bowl
Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations didn’t just shape economics—it transformed English. His vivid terms like invisible hand, laissez-faire, and division of labor embedded Enlightenment ideas into everyday speech. Today, his legacy lives on not just in markets, but in the very language we use to describe them.
Adam Smith (1723–1790) – Architect of Economic English
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Having your cake and….?
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The 14th of July
Visiting William Morris’s home, Kelmscott Manor, in high summer it is easy to see why he regarded it as ‘heaven on earth’. Just 3 miles from the town of Lechlade, it seems to be buried deep in the west Oxfordshire countryside. The Manor is only open 3 days a week (Thursday to Saturday) and has […]
Exploring the world of William Morris – Kelmscott Manor 1
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Two poems of Cavafy’s
I’ve just translated a couple of Cavafy’s poems, both on historical themes. The first one is a fictional tomb inscription for a young Alexandrian youth called Iasis; Iasis’s tomb Here lie I, Iasis, a youth of this great cityfamed for his beauty.Wise men admired me and also thoughtless,ordinary people. I’m equally glad for both of […]
Two poems of Cavafy’s
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