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V. Rieu’s translation of Homer’s The Odyssey", "url": "https://jot101.com/2023/09/john-symonds-on-e-v-rieus-translation-of-homers-the-odyssey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-symonds-on-e-v-rieus-translation-of-homers-the-odyssey", "published_at": "2023-09-24T08:17:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-d58d-7188-94a3-e2003e1675de", "title": "Austin Dobson’s famous ‘ lost books ‘", "url": "https://jot101.com/2023/09/austin-dobsons-famous-lost-books/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austin-dobsons-famous-lost-books", "published_at": "2023-09-22T10:57:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-d58d-7188-94a3-e2003e81a986", "title": "More hilarious bits from Denys Parsons’ Much Too Funny for Words", "url": "https://jot101.com/2023/09/more-hilarious-bits-from-denys-parsons-much-too-funny-for-words/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-hilarious-bits-from-denys-parsons-much-too-funny-for-words", "published_at": "2023-09-10T10:29:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-d58d-7188-94a3-e2003f405139", "title": "Cedric Dover —-George Orwell’s ‘very dishonest‘ entomologist and writer on race", "url": "https://jot101.com/2023/08/cedric-dover-george-orwells-very-dishonest-entomologist-and-writer-on-race/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cedric-dover-george-orwells-very-dishonest-entomologist-and-writer-on-race", "published_at": "2023-08-16T16:08:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-d58d-7188-94a3-e2004029877f", "title": "John Langdon-Davies: poet, Conscientous Objector, pro-Anarchist (1897 – 19 71)", "url": "https://jot101.com/2023/08/john-langdon-davies-poet-conscientous-objector-pro-anarchist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=john-langdon-davies-poet-conscientous-objector-pro-anarchist", "published_at": "2023-08-11T17:19:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-d58d-7188-94a3-e20040302b7a", "title": "The Library of E. 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2026

A Literary Quiz—devised by Howard Collins in his Biblioquiz (1948)original ↗
22 Sept 2026
Christmas with the Tjadens: more extracts from the Diary of William Louis Tjaden (1913 – 2006)original ↗
22 Sept 2026
Wit and Wisdom from the Royal Family, as told to Thomas Blaikieoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
Lost West End Restaurantsoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
Writers who were once second hand booksellersoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
The Nursing crisis of 1949original ↗
28 May 2026
Artist Maurice Sochachewskyoriginal ↗
29 Apr 2026
Lost London Sightsoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2026
Two more alternative tourist destinations in 1947 Londonoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2026
Licensed to Sell…original ↗
8 Mar 2026
Lost London landmarksoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2026
The Richest Man in the Worldoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2026
A final helping of French slang from 1894original ↗
15 Jan 2026

2025

Christmas book collecting 95 years agooriginal ↗
22 Dec 2025
More London pubs of the 1960s and how they are todayoriginal ↗
24 Nov 2025
More French slang from The Continong (1894)original ↗
12 Nov 2025
London pub culture in the 1960s/todayoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2025
Junk stalls in 1966 and as they are todayoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2025
A 1966 Guide to Londonoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2025
More famous lost City tavernsoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2025
Upper class jokesoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2025
Some recollections of Yeats and other characters in early twentieth century Londonoriginal ↗
13 Aug 2025
Literary pubs of the Square Mileoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2025
Fleet street in the early twentieth centuryoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2025
Don’t ! An Anglo-American edition of 1880original ↗
20 Jun 2025
A further helping of G. F. Simsoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2025
Firsts Among Equalsoriginal ↗
29 May 2025
G. F. Sims once againoriginal ↗
7 May 2025
Another catalogue from G. F. Sims, rare bookseller extraordinaireoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2025
French slang in 1894original ↗
11 Mar 2025
A Supper a la Grecque in 1788original ↗
1 Mar 2025
The  Cradocks visit the Art Deco gem known as the Monseigneur Restaurant and Grill, 16 – 17 Jermyn Street, Londonoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2025
A third helping from The Continongoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2025
Some of the best things ever saidoriginal ↗
5 Jan 2025

2024

More extracts from Bon Viveur (1955)original ↗
12 Nov 2024
Beatnik poetry parody by AI 1962 and 2024original ↗
27 Oct 2024
Contradictory quotations—for versus against ( arranged alphabetically)original ↗
25 Oct 2024
Charles Knight on book statistics, 1471 – 1827original ↗
25 Oct 2024
Cycling on the ‘Continong’ in 1906original ↗
14 Oct 2024
The Aetherius Societyoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2024
Fanny and Johnnie visit Quo Vadis, one of Ian Fleming’s favourite restaurantsoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2024
Fanny and Johnny visit the Rex Whistler Room restaurantoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2024
Yet another book of literary listsoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2024
Bon Viveur visits The Marquee, Egon Ronay’s restaurant near Harrodsoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2024
Floating Votersoriginal ↗
15 Jun 2024
Dining on the north Norfolk coast before it was as trendy as it is todayoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2024
Roedean Slangoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2024
When Iain Sinclair was a book dealer…original ↗
31 May 2024
Now and Thenoriginal ↗
10 May 2024
The Bus stops at Binham Laneoriginal ↗
1 May 2024
Book collecting for fun & profit by Bill McBride (1997) Part 4original ↗
25 Apr 2024
Autograph collecting (some notes)original ↗
11 Apr 2024
Book Collecting for Fun and Profit by Bill McBride (1997)original ↗
10 Apr 2024
First Linesoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2024
Book collecting for Fun and Profit by Bill McBride (2)original ↗
29 Mar 2024
Book Collecting for Fun and Profit by Bill McBride. An American perspective (1).original ↗
23 Mar 2024
The Strawberry Hill Pressoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2024
Bindingsoriginal ↗
2 Mar 2024
More gems from Scorn with Extra Bile edited by Matthew Parris (1998)original ↗
26 Feb 2024
Cycling on the ‘Continong’ in 1906original ↗
20 Feb 2024
The Aetherius Societyoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2024
Slater on does and don’ts, fads and fashions,  in book collectingoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2024
Politiciansoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2024
The Early English Pressesoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2024

2023

Books to buy in late Victorian Britainoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2023
The Encyclopedia of Insulting Behaviour  (Anonymous 1981).original ↗
31 Dec 2023
Association copiesoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2023
Nicolaus Claudius Peiresc: scientist and antiquary as bibliophileoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2023
Books burnt in the Great Fire of Londonoriginal ↗
3 Dec 2023
John Harris junior (1791 – 1873)—facsimile artist original ↗
3 Dec 2023
Rare book anecdotes from J. H. Slater’s Book Collectingoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2023
When writers attackoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2023
Everybody’s Rebound: sustainability in the 1940soriginal ↗
15 Oct 2023
Antiquities in peril at the British Museum: the Portland Sale, the destruction of the Vase and a similar act of vandalism at the Fitzwilliamoriginal ↗
2 Oct 2023
Gilbert Harding’s Treasury of Insultoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2023
John Symonds’ on E. V. Rieu’s translation of Homer’s The Odysseyoriginal ↗
24 Sept 2023
Austin Dobson’s famous ‘ lost books ‘original ↗
22 Sept 2023
More hilarious bits from Denys Parsons’ Much Too Funny for Wordsoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2023
Cedric Dover —-George Orwell’s ‘very dishonest‘ entomologist and writer on raceoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2023
John Langdon-Davies: poet, Conscientous Objector, pro-Anarchist (1897 – 19 71)original ↗
11 Aug 2023
The Library of E. M. Forsteroriginal ↗
4 Aug 2023
Another helping of misprints and syntactic fatuity from Much too Funny for Words by Denys Parsons ( 1985)original ↗
4 Aug 2023
Some artists’ letters from the D’ Offay catalogueoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2023
A catalogue of Art & Literature, 1870 – 1920, from Anthony D’Offayoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2023
Fun with Punsoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2023
John Buchan parody by AI and a Clo-Kepp attendeeoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2023
G.F.Sims bookselleroriginal ↗
26 Jun 2023
‘ Look at this Mr Gutenberg’—C. Lester Walker on an invention which may have rivalled the photocopier.original ↗
20 Jun 2023
John Buchan and AIoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2023
More howlers, misprints and poor grammar from Much too funny for words by Denys Parsons.original ↗
17 Jun 2023
English etiquette by an Indian Harley Street doctor original ↗
9 Jun 2023
TV versus the movies in fifties Americaoriginal ↗
30 May 2023
Bluff Your Way in Literature 2original ↗
18 May 2023
The Sunday Times Book of Answers part twooriginal ↗
18 May 2023
Stephen Potter’s Relaxmanship (1965)original ↗
20 Apr 2023
The Sunday Times Book of Answers (1993)original ↗
19 Apr 2023
Royal Alphabet Game (R.A.G)original ↗
16 Apr 2023
Bluff Your Way in Literatureoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2023
Richmal Crompton on writing for childrenoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2023
Curries in 1924original ↗
25 Mar 2023
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