I'm Often Called Obsessive, But I Don't

History Isn't A Seesaw. If You Have A Really Bad Regime On One Side, The Actions On The Other Side Don't Automatically Become Good. It Doesn't Work That Way.

From My Music Training, I Knew That, Some Spanish Rhythms Apart, 5/4 Is A Time Signature Used Only In The Modern Era. Holst's Mars From The Planets Is 5/4. But If You Speak Lines Of Poetry In That Pattern You Just End Up Hitting The Off-beats. It's Only When You Add A Rest - A Sixth Beat - That It Sounds As It Surely Should Sound.

Wikipedia Is Just An Incredible Thing. It Is Fact-encirclingly Huge, And It Is Idiosyncratic, Careful, Messy, Funny, Shocking And Full Of Simmering Controversies - And It Is Free, And It Is Fast.

I'm A Sucker For Interiors And Carefully, Beautifully Filmed People Sitting In A Big Room. My Appetites Are Simple.

Until A Friend Or Relative Has Applied A Particular Proverb To Your Own Life, Or Until You've Watched Him Apply The Proverb To His Own Life, It Has No Power To Sway You.