I always think of oscar when I pass Bingham Notts. apparently one his university friends was the son of the vicar of Bingham. Oscar was a visitor to the vicarage and he fell in love with the vicar's daughter, but her dad didn't like the cut of his jib.

Richard Ellman wrote great biographies of both Wilde and Joyce. the ellman is pretty damn good but it lacks the narrative drive of the Hesketh Pearson book that they based the Peter Finch film on. I remember once I thought to myself why didn't Ellman mention this incident - of course when I checked, he had done with even more detail - but with less narrative elan.

all the best you wilde men and ladies out there

al