A very long silence

Dear reader of this blog,
I has been silent for a long time on these pages and there is a good reason for that. I am in the middle of moving house from the city to the country side and all my stuff - an awful lot - is currently in boxes. Not just the computer and all the bits that come with it, but also thousands of books, brochures, magazines and automobilia that I use for research and articles. In fact it scared me how much stuff I'd amassed in the last decade or so, and I think I managed to surprise the movers, too! Anyway: in another few weeks or so I should have settled down in my new office. It's much spacier, so there will be plenty of space left to store even more. Your patience will be rewarded!