Anecdotal Evidence

A blog about the intersection of books and life.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

'I Make Little Choice at Table'

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Food seems to have replaced religion and art as a source of consolation and purpose in the lives of many people. I know some who photograph ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

'This Does Not Flatter Us'

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“Ah, pitiful / The twisted memories of an ancient fool / And sweet the silence of a young man dead!” There’s a tendency to romanticize, so...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

'Varied, Inconsistent and Unpredictable'

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Thedore Dalrymple has been publishing a series of books with a simple, blog-like premise: he writes about the books he has been reading. Wha...
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Monday, January 12, 2026

'The Self-Appointed Guardian of English Literature'

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One is always in danger of being perceived as a fuddy-duddy. Speak admiringly of rhyme in poetry or elegant prose in fiction and risk being ...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

'The Worst of Bores'

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One of the unexpected rewards of retirement has been a serious reduction in the number of bores in my life. Universities are infested with p...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

'A Veritable Swiss Army Knife of a Book'

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One needn’t be a literary populist, jettisoning all critical values, to understand that especially when young we read certain books for the ...
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Friday, January 09, 2026

'Responsibility to the Accurate Word'

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Working in newsrooms for twenty-five years taught me to buffer against distractions. Newsrooms are noisy places – police scanners, televisio...
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