I've been reading Bryan Talbot's "Alice in Sunderland" and was totally won over after the first few pages. It's fun, well drawn and witty. Not just for Carroll...
For me one of the most carrollian director is david lynch. even if it's not always direct quotation, i think I cannot find somewhere else such a global...
I seem to recall quite a bit about Miyazaki's Carroll influences being mentioned when Spirited Away came out. Congratulations on your blog, Jenny! I started...
A second hand bookseller showed it to me in the very early 1990s in Pasadena California. The book was hadrcover and I think it was published in France but...
Below is the list of dates and venues for my ALICE IN SUNDERLAND signing tour. If any members live in any of these places, please come along and say hello. ...
Grandfather Bryan, (So much easier to say than Grandfather William ;0) Thank you for the schedule of Alice in Sunderland. And congratulations on the arrival of...
... Damn! I could have worked that it into the book and it never occurred to me! ³You are old, Father Bryan...² I say this because not only is growing old ...
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Miyazaki has some of the most exquisite Japanese anime that is available. I have seen Spirited Away several times and I also...
The Lewis Carroll Society of North America will hold its Spring 2007 semi-annual meeting at Columbia University's Butler Library on Saturday, April 14th. The...
... When I was in Croft, the hotel near the rectory had an ³Alice¹s Restaurant². Bryan __._,_.__ . http://www.bryan-talbot.com Alice in Sunderland home...
Bryan, since we had that very successful weekend at Croft the CroftSpa has been altered - I'd check that they have not removed the Alice theme things from...
I was in Llandudno today and was told that Ivor Wynne Jones, who resided there and who was a founder member of the LC society, died yesterday aged 80. Ivor was...
I've been researching LC/CD's life, and his diaries, and I keep noticing numerous people in Carroll's life, including himself, are deacons, bishops, vicars,...
Well, LC himself was a clergyman so it makes sense for him to associate with other people in his "profession" (I say this in quotes because I consider him more...
Thank you, that makes sense now. I kept imagining myself back in time surrounded by christian teachers lol. That must've bored the living crap out LC. ... ...
Many highly educated and philosophical people were members of the clergy in those times. There were limited career opportunities for those who craved...
Is there anyone on the list who frequently haunts old bookshops, and is able to source for a book entitled Persian Chess, by Nathaniel Blunt, published in...
Does anyone know where I can find the moves (or a game that includes the moves) of the chess game in Through the Looking Glass? Also- can you recommend...
Please let's not marginalise the vocation of the clergy. There are STILL many highly educated and philosophical people who are members of the clergy today....
... Be aware that the game in Through the Looking Glass isn't completely playable due to some errors (which has been attributed to possibly Alice being a bit...
Just as a reply to Brett - the idea of Christian = good and non-Christian= not good wasn't actually part of CLD's philosophy. It's interesting when you read...
