Royal Mail – Is There Hope
Is there hope on the horizon for Royal Mail? In March 2023, under the title Royal Mail Is Undermining The Postal Service, I wrote that the parent company of Royal Mail had approached Government to ask for a five day letter delivery. The carrot they threw to sweeten the request was a declaration of continuing…
William Blake In Felpham
For four years William Blake lived in a cottage in Felpham, far from his life and friends in London. Blake is, of course, known for his drawings and his writing equally. They went together as he developed his ideas of freedom. In his world, freedom was what man was born for. And sometimes that clashed…
Ichikawa Ebizō
Woodblock print by Katsushika Hokusai featuring the character Ichikawa Ebizō in a Kabuki play as a woodcutter who is actually the Priest Mongaku in disguise, as becomes revealed in the course of the play. Kabuki is a highly stylised form, with comic episodes mixed with dramatic themes. Often there is a mystical or supernatural element.…