Author Archives: Scribe Doll
Arcolaio
Last week, when I was visiting my mother, I found an old toy spinning wheel. I had forgotten all about it and yet, by a mysterious coincidence, it had briefly surfaced in my memory last June, when H. and I … Continue reading
Clearing
The catalyst was a book I was translating, referred to by my friends simply as that book, since I don’t divulge the titles of jobs I hate. Luckily, although not all the books I’ve translated so far have always captured my … Continue reading
Should these Connotations Always Apply?
Dark Just read any book or film review. Dark implies deep, complex, fascinating, intelligent, and, therefore, somehow worthy. I tend to think that dark is just dark. It’s not good, it’s not bad. It’s just dark. But, since we’re on … Continue reading
Posted in English Words, Words and Civilisation
Tagged english, humour, katherine gregor, musings, scribe doll, writing
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If Martin Luther had taken some Vitamin C…
In my final year at University, where I was reading for a degree in French Literature, thanks to a new syllabus tried out by the French Department, I was allowed to specialise by choosing four options. I was only too … Continue reading
Posted in Odds & Ends
Tagged humour, katherine gregor, scribe doll, university memories, writing
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Translator or Writer?
I used to write. A lot. I never set time aside to write but grabbed it as and when I came across it. At home on a Sunday afternoon, when I had a twenty-minute Tube journey and could get a … Continue reading
Summer Night in Trastevere
Streets bustling with tourists who walk slowly, looking up, right and left, mouths half open, stopping abruptly to take a photo, holding up the locals, those whose footsteps have a specific destination, who no longer look at the sights because … Continue reading
Santa Sabina
When we were in Rome, a couple of weeks ago, I insisted we go and see “my favourite church in Rome”. The first church I ever liked, to which I owe my introduction to, and love for, early sacred music. … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Gregorian Chant, katherine gregor, music, rome, Santa Sabina, scribe doll, writing
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Brexit – The Hairline Fracture*
H. and I have just come back from a two-week holiday in Rome. We left Great Britain, we left the United Kingdom, and have come back to Little England, with everything this implies. For the first week after the Referendum, … Continue reading
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Wine and Politics
We were in something of a celebratory mood, so, being in London for the day, went for lunch at one of our favourite Italian restaurants, in Bloomsbury. “Let’s go there,” I said to H. “Last time we were there, the … Continue reading
What Exactly is Your Job?
Last weekend, I had the joy of seeing members of the Norwich Stonemasons‘ Guild perform a Mystery Play outside the doors of the Cathedral. It was a warm, sunny afternoon, a brief summer interlude before putting our coats, scarves and … Continue reading
Posted in Odds & Ends, Uncategorized
Tagged job titles, katherine gregor, musings, scribe doll, stonemasons, writing
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