Three Everymans ...

By chance I saw three Everymans on my shelves -

Lavengro -

Castle Rackrent -

Sir John Mandeville's Travels -


I remembered buying them -

The bright boozy afternoon with Jay and Russell -

Smoking Balkan Sobranie cigarettes in the Cathedral Close -

The winding stair of the secondhand bookshop -

Russell laughing -

Shooting his vagabond's cuffs -

You've got the Bodleian Library in your pockets -


Wednesday 8 January 2020

The Old School House
East Stoke
Dorset