Bruce Anderson

I suppose, I answered, forever not knowing what might come next. “Oh. Hi! I am Zaya. I saw an article in your paper when I was at Harbin Springs maybe a year ago about ostriches flying.

Crawford was a very good writer whose memory, given the quality of his work, doesn’t seem to have suffered much from derangement, even though objective

Abstract Reproductive and floral traits are strikingly diverse in angiosperms.

Friends and neighbors, Originally known as Decoration Day, Memorial Day is a time to remember the selfless individuals who have died in service to our nation. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, to recognize the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic. During the first […]

There was a wonderful old boy called John – Sir John – Wordie, who was a quintessential member of the establishment. A barrister, he spent much of his time defusing controversies before they had boiled over. In that enterprise, he never sought publicity, finding it much easier to dispense wise advice if no one knew

In 1892, Thomas Reed (who went on to be Speaker of the US House of Representatives) said of the office of US Vice President: “the man who occupied

Things could have been worse. My host was determined to lunch al fresco, and after all it was late June. Yet this is England and as everyone knows, even D-Day had to be postponed for 24 hours. In the event, we were fine. The elements were kindly. The temperature did not fall below 60, the

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An old friend phoned. Normally cheerful, he was fed up. One of his business partners was being more than usually incompetent. ‘I told him that I’d describe him as a halfwit, if I could find the half.’ We went on to discuss another couple of friends, both good men and true, who seem doomed to