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Samuel Johnson, opsimath
Lazy, depressive, productive, late bloomer, Samuel Johnson is an example of the Fitzgerald Rule
Nov 6, 2020
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Henry Oliver
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Samuel Johnson: Reading for Wisdom
One day, I want to be wise. That might sound corny, but I can think of worse ambitions. The writer I return to, again and again, in that pursuit, is my…
Feb 10, 2022
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Henry Oliver
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Was Samuel Johnson a masochist?
According to Queeney, by Beryl Bainbridge
Sep 20, 2021
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Henry Oliver
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Samuel Johnson, ghost hunter
All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.
Aug 18, 2023
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Henry Oliver
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Samuel Johnson, opsimath
Lazy, depressive, productive, late bloomer
Sep 19, 2023
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Henry Oliver
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Where was Samuel Johnson in 1745?
This is what Boswell has to say about a strange gap in the record of Johnson’s life: It is somewhat curious, that his literary career appears to have…
Jun 7, 2021
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Samuel Johnson and Progress Studies
In the late 1740s, Zachariah Williams was evicted from the Charterhouse, a City of London almshouse for people who require charitable help to live…
Mar 22, 2022
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Henry Oliver
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New Year's Resolutions with Samuel Johnson
Every long work is lengthened by a thousand causes.
Dec 28, 2021
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Henry Oliver
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Good wishes from Samuel Johnson
Dear Sir, —This is the time of the year in which all express their good wishes to their friends, and I send mine to you and your family. May your lives…
Dec 25, 2020
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Henry Oliver
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Britney Spears and the snake
Housekeeping On Wednesday, I am talking with Anna Gat about Cultural Christianity. The next bookclub is on 26th November, 19.00 UK time. We are reading…
Nov 17, 2023
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Henry Oliver
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Do writers have to write every day?
There are many myths about this, with people citing all sorts of people to somehow demonstrate that writers need to write every day. Margaret Atwood…
Mar 16, 2020
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The high charms of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Writing elsewhere For the New Statesman I wrote about why Liz Truss should not set up a think tank. For The Critic I wrote about why Liz Truss will be a…
Jan 16, 2023
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