James Boswell

London’s stupidest gallery

22 November 2025 9:00 am

Everyone loves a private view, and I am no exception. I don’t know how many hours I must have spent…

James Gillray’s ‘The Wig’. Hairdressing was a good time to catch up on the latest novel

The pleasures of reading aloud

26 August 2017 9:00 am

‘I have nothing to doe but work and read my Eyes out,’ complained Anne Vernon in 1734, writing from her…