On Christmas
On Christmas an essay by G. K. Chesterton from All Things Considered, London 1908, plus some links to other posts about Christmas Festival, markets and stories What life and death may be …
An essay on Quotes
An essay on quotes, or better a short essay on aphorisms, quotes, proverbs and this kind of short quick and brillian literary genre by Carl William Brown. An aphorism is nothing else …
The Hierarchy of Power Semantics!
In the beginning was the Plan and the Specification. And the Plan was without form and the Specification it was void. And darkness was on the face of the implementation team. And …
On reading
On reading. A short essay by Isaac Disraeli from the book Literary Character of Men of Genius, a very interesting text that you can freely read with great profit. There is an …
The greatness of Shakespeare
The greatness of Shakespeare, his literary originality shortly explained thanks to some authors quotes and a brief analysis of his style and two of his works. Malvolio, the parody of puritan behaviour …
Wales history and old customs
Wales history and old customs. A summary of its main events, old customs, traditions, holidays, celebrations, sports, language and literature. Others, who have not, as a rule, gone the length of visiting …
Seven ages of man
Seven ages of man, a poem by the great bard William Shakespeare and a very interesting short essay written by Alex Comfort an English gerontologist and author of many books. The poem …
American English
We really have everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. Oscar Wilde The King’s English is not the King’s. It’s a joint stock company, and Americans own most of …