The text that follows is, so far as current scholarship can determine, the only surviving fragment of The Complete and Collected Works of Patrick Knightsworth. All remaining manuscripts, proofs, typesettings, correspondence, and production materials were lost in the fire that consumed the Knightsworth Estate repositories and the Lloyd’s Banking Company archival strongrooms on 12 February 2019.
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Do not pad ignorance with eloquence
Yesterday afternoon I found myself in that peculiarly liminal space between the end of one book and the beginning of another. I am usually careful to set up my next read well in advance, however, on this particular occasion, I’d hit a dead end. There are more books on the shelf in the living room than there is time…
There is no such thing as revenge
George Orwell: A Literary Life – Peter Davison (1996) It is said that everybody needs a hobby, but that is not to say you should be limited to only one. While some of my hobbies could be described as practical in their scope, such as learning a new language or exercising, over the last few…