Researching Charlotte …

Researching Charlotte …

At Shaw’s Corner … There is something fascinating about seeing exactly where noteworthy writers crafted their works, as if we can absorb some o their creative genius from the ether, so a visit to the home of George Bernard Shaw (GBS), winner of a Nobel...
Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832

Sir Walter Scott, 1771-1832

Scott’s View Haig’s grave at Dryburgh Library at Abbotsford Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. 1808. My journey to Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott, was originally more a meeting with old friends than anything especially literary....
Arbeit Macht Frei

Arbeit Macht Frei

As it was recently Holocaust Memorial Day, it seemed pertinent to include my writing from my first visit to Auschwitz. Back in the mid-1980s, I was in Linz when my friend told my partner and me that she was going to take us to a place we would never forget. She was...