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The Brightest Daffodils Of Spring

Tweet I wandered lonely as a cloudAmongst the bookshop’s empty tillsWhen all at once I saw a crowdA host of golden daffodils:Like Guardsmen with their stiffened backs,The piles of Wisden Almanacks. Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the … Continue reading

18. April 2024 by rkh
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Luke Upward’s Wisden Obituary

Tweet UPWARD, Luke Constant Lee, whose death due to pernicious anomie was announced on 31 June, was once described as the David Gower of English literature, delighting his followers with a stream of effortlessly exquisite aphorisms and apophthegms. He also … Continue reading

22. March 2014 by rkh
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