Incensed Professor at Sea 16: Village Life
It would be more accurate to say that my English hostess lives in a small town rather than a village per se, but “village” sounds better. Certainly visiting her in [Read More]
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Somerset Cider and Waistcoats
An invitation to the West Country was not one I could refuse. My hostess lives in a charming town in Somerset, dividing her time between London and the country, very much [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Glyndebourne
The day to go to Glyndebourne did not begin auspiciously. We had to get into evening clothes before lunch for a longish journey. I nicked a finger getting dressed and had [Read More]
Club Dinners and Urban Foxes
If one is not clubbable by oneself, cultivate a friend. Last night a friend and I attended a “Summer Cocktail Party and Dinner” at one of the larger and more palatial [Read More]
A look at Gentlemen’s Clubs
I missed a chance to dine again at Brooks’s Club, where I had not been for years. A stomach bug kept me from “the Other Place,“ then from Brooks’s. After putting [Read More]
Incensed Professor at Sea: “ Other Place”
Oxford and Cambridge, with the serene superiority attendant on age, wealth, and tradition, refer each to the other as “the Other Place.” Given the number of [Read More]
Installment 10: Side trip from London
La Cour des grands is the French title of a fairly recent book published in English as “The Great and the Good.” I have not read it, but it does remind me of the one [Read More]
Incensed Professor No. 9: Great and Good
The Incensed Professor at Sea 9: The Great and the Good “The Great and the Good” seem less in evidence these days than heretofore. They turn out for Royal Weddings [Read More]
The Incensed Professor at Sea 8: How to Survive in London
In some ways, London hasn’t changed that much, at least around my old stomping grounds. The buildings seem the same. London buildings are rarely more than a few stories [Read More]
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