Another catch-up dozen

7th October 2026

John Wyver writes: My schedule is all over the place, disrupted by family issues and other commitments. But here is a collection of interesting articles and more that I might have contributed last Sunday, and which I hope will get more

A catch-up dozen (or so)

21st September 2026

John Wyver writes: I have been away, on an excellent trip to Warsaw, Tallinn and Helsinki, and so have neglected the links for the past two Sundays. Here is a catch-up selection of stuff that has recently caught my eye, more

The Sunday dozen

6th September 2026

John Wyver writes: One of the pleasures of the past weeks was a day's 'churching' with friends in Suffolk, during which we visited the tiny thatched church of Thornham Parva. Behind the altar is the astonishing and exquisite more

The Sunday dozen

23rd August 2026

John Wyver writes: Welcome to this week's collection of articles and more that I have found engaging and enriching over the past seven days. My header image is Hurvin Anderson's 'Audition', 1999, seen at the artist's really more

The pianist of Studio BB

15th August 2026

John Wyver writes: Come with me a little further down the rabbit hole that is Studio BB in the original Broadcasting House. This post follows my two-part 'This temple of the arts and muses', the first element more

The Sunday dozen

9th August 2026

John Wyver writes: As I manage to do on most Sundays here is a collection of links to stuff that I have found interesting and rewarding over the past week. The header image, which seems suitably seasonal, is 'Paddling at more

‘This Temple of the Arts and Muses’, part 1

3rd August 2026

John Wyver writes: 'This Temple of the Arts and Muses' is the opening phrase of the dedication, displayed in Latin and supposedly written by John Reith, at the entrance to Broadcasting House. Sited on an irregular plot in Portland Place, more