The Last Leprechaun
By Leonard Wibberley First Published October 13, 1953 3/16/2016 Not much news comes out of the Republic of Ireland. No doubt the Irish...
Critic Is Really Talking about Self
By Leonard Wibberley First Published May 27, 1979 3/7/2016 One of the tasks from which I flinch, though I have occasionally undertaken...
Waiting for the Right Word to Swim into the Net
By Leonard Wibberley First Published August 30, 1979 2/23/2016 I will make the assumption, not entirely outrageous perhaps, that you...
Usage Changes Meaning of Words
By Leonard WIbberley First Published February 6, 1979 2/17/2016 The story is told that Noah Webster was once discovered by his wife...
"It" is a deeply mysterious word
By Leonard Wibberley First Published November 19, 1978 1/20/2016 If you were to ask me – and let me admit right away – it isn’t the...
"...things that go bump in the night"
By Leonard Wibberley First Published September 18, 1979 1/15/2016 I have been re-reading William Peter Blatty's excellent novel The...
Satan Wants Creative Malevolence
By Leonard Wibberley First Published First published August 21, 1979 1/5/2016 George Kennedy in the television show "Sarge" based on...
A Visit to Treasure Island
By Leonard Wibberley First published in 1982 12/1/2015 Leonard and his daughter-in-law Marianne. We are in the middle of the centenary of...
Modern-Day Wise Men
By Leonard Wibberley First Published December 5, 1979 11/25/2015 A long time, ago I used to visit a sanatorium regularly. My mother...
Motley—The Famous Sea Cat
By Leonard Wibberley First published January 14, 1979 11/12/2015 The collective for lions is pride—so that one speaks of a pride of...
