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Category Archives: Europe
Ein Meisterstück Inspires Writing
The always quirky and entertaining director and screenwriter Wes Anderson has brought his trademark stylized aesthetic and offbeat storytelling to the Montblanc’s new ad campaign. Released to celebrate the centennial of the brand’s Meisterstück pen, the campaign film features Anderson … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Film, movies, Writing
Tagged Jason Schwartzman, Montblanc, pens, Wes Anderson
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The next best thing to being there
Yesterday, The Portal, a public technology sculpture arrived in New York City and Dublin. Serving as a virtual bridge, the installation will transmit a real-time unfiltered live stream of both cities, transcending physical barriers and putting New Yorkers and Dubliners instantly in … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Tech, Tourism, USA
Tagged Dublin, Ireland, New York City, Street Art
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A Series of Headaches
A Series of Headaches is a marvelous video from the London Review of Books documenting letterpress printer Nick Hand as he prints a page from the magazine using methods as close as he can get to those used to print … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Libraries
Tagged England, First Folio, Letterpress, London Revue of Books, William Shakespeare
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Dracula Returns (daily)
Dracula Daily Returning May 3 You may remember DraculaDaily, which has been an annual paean to the beloved Gothic vampire classic first published in 1897. The novel Dracula by Bram Stoker unfolds over the course of six months, from May … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Bram Stoker, Dracula, newsletters, Vampires
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Bookstore Tourism : Iceland
About seven ago while visiting Iceland’s underappreciated northern town Akureyri, I stumbled across a charming used bookshop called Fróði fornbókabúð. The owner at the time told me that the name meant something like “learned bookstore”. The shop was a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Tourism
Tagged Akureyri, Arctic Circle, Bookselling, Iceland
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When in Rome
When I visited Rome for the first time more than four decades ago, I quite randomly chose to pop in at the Museo della Civiltà Romana to see the massive model of the ancient city. The archaeologist and architect Italo Gismondi … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Film, History, Museums
Tagged Colosseum, Italy, Roma, Roman Forum
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Biblio Trivia
1. The rarest book in the world is a 1593 first edition of Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare. The Bodleian’s copy “is the only known copy of this book in existence.” 2. The first book ordered on Amazon was a scientific tome called Fluid Concepts … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Libraries
Tagged Agatha Christie, Amazon books, Jules Verne, William Shakespeare
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The Dwindleberry Zoo
I was today years old when I discovered THE DWINDLEBERRY ZOO by G.E. Farrow (London/Glasgow/Dublin/Bombay: Blackie, 1909) Illustrated by Gordon Browne. It seems that G.E. Farrow was one of the masters of the Victorian fantasy genre. In this tale a boy eats a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Writing
Tagged book illustration, Children's literature, Fantasy, Victorian literature
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