St Claire Bullock, a Professor of Philosophy, no less – in the intervals between pondering the great questions of life, turned his hand to penning light verse in the manner of Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash and Edward Lear.
In rhyming couplets these wry and witty poems ponder the foibles and vanities of mortals. Some of these are captured in the cartoon-like pen and ink drawings of Barrington Barber.
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