In our occasional feature we invite guests to select the six cultural links that might sustain them if, by some mischance, they were forced to spend eternity in a succession of airport departure lounges with only an iPad or similar device for company. Today's voyager is Frank Wilson, former book review editor ... Read More...
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If Frank was Education Minister he would make the works of John Ruskin absolutely central to the education of our tinies. To this end, he has been hard at work devising Tales Of Little Ruskin, suitable for reading aloud to infants. I. Little Ruskin In The Garden “I was extremely fond of digging holes, ... Read More...
People who love both cats and poetry are almost certainly familiar with Christopher Smart's lines beginning "For I will consider my cat Jeoffry", much favoured by anthologists. How many, though, have gone on to read the (much, much longer) work from which they are excerpted, Jubilate Agno, one of the ... Read More...
By Frank Key She has been dead for nearly thirty years, but there's no stopping Ayn Rand. Both The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged still sell in vast quantities in the United States, appealing as they always will to a certain stripe of libertarian individualist. (I hesitate to use the term "right ... Read More...
By Frank Key Now the BBC's trio of Sherlock dramas has come to a close, and the critics have had their say, it is appropriate to note that it missed an opportunity. Why do writers feel they need to come up with entirely new stories when Conan Doyle – or ... Read More...
By Frank Key Rupert Murdoch has his paywall, but how does the average impoverished scribbler eke some cash out of the internet? A Paypal button to solicit donations is all very well, but it doesn't exactly tug at the heartstrings, does it? What is needed is a good old-fashioned hard ... Read More...
Mr Frank Key, the legendary podcaster and proprietor of Hooting Yard, will be opening his Cupboard of interesting items in a weekly feature on The Dabbler, including exclusive Dabbler material. To whet your appetite, Frank has agreed to allow us to publish here the terrifying tale of a man who ... Read More...
For people who like books, science, culture and intelligent chat, one of the finest radio shows out there is Little Atoms. An independent interview series that goes out every Wednesday at 11am on cult London station, Resonance 104.4fm (also home to Frank Key’s Hooting Yard,) Little Atoms is also a weekly podcast that ... Read More...
Dabblers ahoy! A special exhibition dedicated to the work of the late, great Frank Key will be held at the Menier Gallery in London next month. The exhibit runs from Tuesday March 10 to Saturday March 14. On Tuesday 10th there will be a reception from 6 - 9 pm, where you ... Read More...
Today is the day we must recall these fine words from Peter Hitchens, written in 2010 but still so relevant: I am actively hostile to the ‘New Year’, a celebration of nothing in particular. In that spirit, Happy New Year from all at The Dabbler! You can find that quote, and many more like ... Read More...
