A Gardnerian Sampler
Less a "best of" than a cheeseboard with whatever I found in the refrigerator
Lots of new subscribers of late. Welcome. But new readers may not have a good sense of what this newsletter is about and whether it’s for them. And my current anemic output — writing a book does that to a blogger — isn’t helping.
So as a public service, here’s a sampling of old posts that are fairly representative of what I publish here. If you like them, super, you’re all set. If not, you were warned.
But if you only have time to read one thing, you really must read this, the single most important writing I ever bestowed on humanity. It’s about Viking poo.
It seems I’m recorded (or rather, not) as having missed some of these, indeed I could have sworn I “liked” the Viking Poo one (I know I passed it along to my daughter now living in Sheffield -- and they loved it). Clearly need to spend an afternoon down memory lane....