I have noticed a new Johnson biography on the bookstore shelves. This latest work is by David Nokes, earlier a biographer of Jonathan Swift and Jane Austen.
Hi fellow Johnsonians, May I ask what you are reading at the moment? I am reading Selected Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler. It was published in
Wednesday 9 and Thursday 10 December 2009, 7pm Back to Dr Johnson's... A one man performance by Ian Redford It was considered an honour to be invited back to
In a review in the New York Review of Books, Andrew O'Hagan describes Dr Johnson as boorish and basically unlikable. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/23111 Do
Hi, I'm new to the group. It's taken months, but I have just finished reading Boswell's Life of Johnson and now I am a bit bereft. Any suggestions about what