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“... very hard lately.’ This man, in 1911, a painter haunted by a model knocked down in the Fulham Road, had been expecting something, and ‘was enough of a psychologist to know that in that state you are especially likely to see what you expect to see.’ The story is by Barry Pain. Despite the impression which the Oxford Book imparts, ghost stories go back ...”

“... individuals’. In fact, it was a speculation. Some of the houses stood empty for years, but W.S. Gilbert was true to his promise that he would move there in October 1883 ‘in whatever condition the premises may be’. One party of casual passers-by, seeing workmen and open doors, took a look inside and were surprised to find ...”

“... into the figure of Bacchus and the ‘thiasos’, his band of ecstatic worshippers. Harrison had read her Nietzsche and set off in pursuit of the ‘darker, older’ shapes to be glimpsed behind the clear forms of Greek drama and Platonic dialogue. Harrison is known for having challenged the Victorian account of fifth-century Athens as a model of enlightened ...”

“... thirty years after Harrison’s death, but in a truncated form, as an edition of her letters to Gilbert Murray, professor of Greek at Oxford. It was only while this edition was being prepared that Murray realised his letters to her had gone onto the bonfire.The fact is that the standard narrative of Harrison’s life comes directly from Harrison ...”