Clouds, Convergences & The Art of Not Knowing

Written Under the Influence of Mr Dick

Dear Mr Dickens, I write to you once again, in dire need of answers. Having finished David Copperfield with immense delight, I naturally proceeded, without rest or restraint, to another of your mammoths, Bleak House. And what an opening it is. London swallowed by fog, the air thick with implication. I know in my bones that I shall love this book dearly as the other…

A Letter to Charles Dickens

Dear Mr Dickens, I hope you will forgive this intrusion. I realise it is poor manners to summon a gentleman from his grave but I have been living with A Tale of Two Cities all week and you have left me no peace. Do you suppose that this might be one of your more accomplished works? It’s terribly tight and tidy. At the same time,…