Daylog Entry for 26/07/2003
Posted in London on 26th July 2003
Some madness in dealing with Connaught Hall early on. Frenzied running around to get to Senate House in time for Robin Woolven's walk around Gissing's Camden residences. Great stuff, and most of us press on to the site of 7K Cornwall Residences. Made the acquaintance of Robin Woolven and John...
Daylog Entry for 25/07/2003
Posted in London on 25th July 2003
Day Two. Some fancy financial footwork secures the book I was lusting after yesterday. More talks, lots of talk about 'women moving through urban spaces' which confuses me a bit. Wonderful talk on Gissing's 'prejudice against flats'. I suppose I tend towards the topographical. The day ends with talks from...
Daylog Entry for 24/07/2003
Posted in London on 24th July 2003
First day of the Gissing conference. Seems like an awful long time to have waited for this. My concerns that much of this would be over my head prove unfounded, as early emphasis on Raymond Williams is completely within my frame of reference! The Idle Bookseller has a stall in...