I noticed that Paul Collins is again updating his website, in blog form, this time. I haven't completely dug through the archives, but I found a few interesting posts or links: why authors become recluses; some notable literary misjudgements of 2004 (Tom Wolfe's use of the word "otorhinolaryngological" in a sexual context gets my vote for #1); Old Bailey court records dating back to 1674 now available on-line; Mary Wollstonecraft's smuggling adventure.