Category Archives: Edward Lear

The American Mix | Your Guide to Intelligent Fun [Julie Rybicki suggested this: ‘It tells the tale of the writer Howard Norman’s strange pub encounter with an old man, who, after hearing on the CBC radio of Norman’s affection for … Continue reading →

Rhyme and reason If it is the ludicrous that you want, invest in Edward Lear�s The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense (edited by Vivien Noakes, Penguin). �Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils� Lear wrote. He saw it as the … Continue reading →

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: Treasures from the World’s great libraries The National Library of Australia is proud to announce a landmark international exhibition, Treasures from the World’s Great Libraries.This will include “Edward Lear’s illustrated version of the nursery rhyme High … Continue reading →

Artistic Alpine views WATERCOLOURS and oil paintings depicting Alpine scenes captured from the mid-18th century up to the 1950s will be on show from the end of the month. Peaks and Glaciers, showing at John Mitchell & Son in London, … Continue reading →

The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense by Edward Lear Nonsense writers come into a special category, and perhaps we shouldn’t expect their posthumous reputations to follow the usual patterns. But still it’s surprising to realise, reading Vivien Noakes’s new edition, … Continue reading →