A Batter Way

IN Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans Against Nature, the book’s only character, Duc Jean des Esseintes, experiences the exotic by remaining in his Paris home and bringing the foreign within.

You can do the … (read more)

Posted: 16th, November 2006 | In: Reviews | Comment

Russian-Doll Roast

ROCK doves or rats with wings? Where do you stand on the debate over pigeons, the revolting cooing vermin?

Our attitude to pigeons may dictate how we react to the Times’s … (read more)

Posted: 25th, October 2006 | In: Strange But True | Comment