by Peter Scotchmer | Essays
Peter writes his sixth essay on the ‘abusage’ of language, an affliction all too rampant today. Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Polonius: I mean, the matter that...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Essays
A rambling on language, leisure, beauty, and the business of accepting what we can’t control. Some things we think about, some we ignore. And some are more important than others. Does it matter if we fight against the inevitable? Or should we just accept it?...
by Peter Scotchmer | Essays
Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my lord. What follows is a review of two outstanding recent books on the value of reading, which...
by Peter Scotchmer | Essays
Peter writes his fourth essay on the love of reading and the perils of speedreading. Read on! Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words. Polonius: What is the matter, my lord? Hamlet: Between who? Polonius: I mean, the matter that you read, my...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Essays
Alfaaz means, simply, words. And words, read aloud and in good company, are the whole of what we’re after this month. On the evening of July 26, The Irony Club is opening the mic again, and this time we’re widening it considerably. It will run the way an open mic...
by Nigel Scotchmer | Essays
A missionary family raises four boys in one of Madrid’s most drug-ravaged neighbourhoods. Jonathan Tepper’s memoir traces an extraordinary journey. Jonathan Tepper’s Shooting Up is much more than the account of four brothers in a missionary family growing...
