GlennsBookNotes1

These in-depth, thought-provoking, and often funny posts are the brainchild of The Book Barn's very own Glenn. He never fails to make a great recommendation, useful warning or entertaining suggestion!

  • Oct 13

#196: JUJOL.

#196: JUJOL. Rather like Samuel Palmer trailing along in the shadow of William Blake, the architect and artist Josep Maria Jujol’s fame...

  • Oct 13

#195: OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS.

#195: OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS. An interesting essay in the Guardian recently examined the idea that animal characters are becoming more and...

  • Sep 23

#194: FLIPPING THE MAP.

#194: FLIPPING THE MAP. The historian Peter Frankopan has written about seeing as a child the famous medieval Mappa Mundi at Hereford...