To mark 11 November, a post from the archives in which some of the Dabblers select a favourite verse appropriate to the occasion... Brit - Seigfried Sassoon: Everyone Sang (1920) This gradually became my favourite of Sassoon's poems, then my favourite war poem, and is now just one of my favourite poems. ... Read More...
History
Continuing our weekly serialisation of Jonathan Law's The Whartons of Winchendon (published for Kindle by Dabbler Editions and available to buy from Amazon now), we learn more about Thomas Wharton: powerful political fixer, habitual liar, saviour of the nation and pox-ridden traitor... And so, rather implausibly, in the last weeks of 1688, Tom Wharton ... Read More...
Bookseller Steerforth handles a great many old books in his line of work. Often he'll find old photos amongst the piles of mildewed tomes, snapshots of lost worlds and forgotten lives. Continuing the series in which he shares some of the more interesting, surprising and moving discoveries, he finds a vivid ... Read More...
The Whartons of Winchendon is a new serialisation of Jonathan Law's latest book, which is published for Kindle by Dabbler Editions and available to buy from Amazon now. In this third episode we meet Philip's son Tom Wharton, who rose to political power but also became embroiled in religious and domestic scandal. Did ... Read More...
The Whartons of Winchendon, is a new serialisation of Jonathan Law's latest book, which is published for Kindle by Dabbler Editions and available to buy from Amazon now. In this episode we meet Philip, 4th Baron Wharton, who was instrumental not only in the rise to power of his family, but also ... Read More...
The Dabbler is proud to present The Whartons of Winchendon, a major new serialisation of Jonathan Law's latest book, which is published for Kindle by Dabbler Editions and available to buy from Amazon now. By turns hilarious and tragic, it tells the tale of the rise and fall of one of the ... Read More...
This coming Monday is Michaelmas, so you've still got time to get yourself a goose. Just make sure you don't pick any blackberries afterwards. Professor Nick Groom explains.... September 29 is Michaelmas: the Feast of Michael and All Angels. It was also one of the four quarter days of the English business ... Read More...
Last month's Dabbler Book Club choice has reached the shortlist for the 2014 Man Booker prize - but does it live up to the hype? Burma, 1942. In disease-ridden jungle 240,000 prisoners of war labour night and day for their Japanese captors, destroying bodies and minds to finish a rail line linking ... Read More...
Bookseller Steerforth handles a great many old books in his line of work. Often he'll find old photos amongst the piles of mildewed tomes, snapshots of lost worlds and forgotten lives. In this new series he shares some of the more interesting, surprising and moving discoveries, beginning with an album ... Read More...
Ian Buxton, occasional drinks correspondent for The Dabbler and author of the superb 101 Whiskies to Try Before You Die, has another new book out, this time featuring the rarest and weirdest whiskies in the world. 101 Legendary Whiskies You're Dying to Try But (Possibly) Never Will is available ... Read More...
