Sheen of authenticity
In 2006, after five decades, Shaun Greenhalgh lost his enthusiasm for the British Museum. From a very early age, he…
Ripeness is all
‘Blessed are the cheesemakers.’ The line from Life of Brian is followed by: ‘It’s not meant to be taken literally.…
Park life
Petrichor. Coined as recently as 1964 but redolent of Eden onwards, the word appears in neither of these volumes but…
