Eclecticism: Reflections on literature and life
Terry FreedmanReflections on literature * Musings on everyday life * Book reviews * Experiments in creative nonfiction writing * Humour
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Letter to Rebecca 16 July 2026
Dear Rebecca
Thank you for your letter. I seem to recall that it was my turn to write to you, but life had other ideas so I’m glad you have kick-started our correspondence again.
Moving sentiments
It sounds like you and Jim have been...
Start the Week #113
Greetings!
Here in London the mood is one of joyous celebration. People are dancing in the street, and giving hugs to random strangers. The unaccustomed heat (68 F today and that was cool by recent standards) has not been enough to prevent...
My North Thames Gas saga revisited
This article was originally published in 2022, and then republished on 6th July 2025. I hope new subscribers as well as my original ones enjoy reading it.
Quite by chance I’ve been reading about bureaucracy recently — such as in customer (...
Start the week #112
Greetings!
I should not be fulfilling my duty as a Brit if I didn’t moan about the weather, so let’s get that bit over with. The heat has been a bit too full on for my liking. I’ve drawn a picture to illustrate what I mean:
heatwave, by T...
Start the week #111
Greetings!
I said to Substack ages ago in Office Hours, a weekly discussion forum they used to host, that it would be great to be able to have coloured text, and here we are! I also asked them to enable text flow around a graphic. Also, a...
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