NEW CAPUCHIN CATALOGUE
We are pleased to the point of indignity to have unveiled the second ever Capuchin Classics catalogue.This thing of beauty (sorry - the Keats effect is lingering) lists all existing and forthcoming Capuchin Classics up to July 2010, and, as was its predecessor, is adorned with t

MOTION APPROVED
I am greatly enjoying Andrew Motion's Keats biography, and reading it has even displaced attempting the Guardian crossword as my commuting activity of choice. Mr. Motion writes with a fluency and skill that, while illuminating and making connections between the aspects of Keat's life, (I'm still in the school and early work period) always makes for pleasurable reading. Some phrases stand out as particularly well-formed and, in the following instance, hilarious (causing one of those rare moments of audible laughter on the Hitchin to London line*):He (Charles Cowden Clarke) combined a simple and p

ODEON A NIGHTINGALE
Having advertised my intention to go and see the Keats biopic Bright Star, I thought I'd share my reactions. I was somewhat apprehensive

ERNESTLY YOURS
Proof was once again recently furnished that the world is not only small but microscopic, as several strands of my life were woven together by the appearance in our office of a monograph on the poet Ernest Dowson.

BRIGHT YOUNG PEOPLE
This is a very welcome and interesting guest blog from David Butler, who is active in the Anthony Powell Society. A few years ago I embarked on some research into the life and works of Micha