[testimonials] a little narcissism goes a long way

# Whimsical, amazing, vaguely Celtic. [Bryan Appleyard]

# His blog attempts something to which I would never aspire. It is a one-man magazine. Not only does he blog about a wide range of subjects, sometimes individual posts cover a lot of ground! His is a magpie mind and nothing human is alien to him. [Tom Paine]

# James Higham's prodigious work rate leaves most of us feeling like arthritic old stonemasons. His range of interests is huge, and generally, he lightly dusts his eclectic posts with his points of view, rather than browbeating us with rants. [The Tin Drummer Not strictly true these days but still - it reads well.]

# The Higham fellow is a pathetic, sick individual. He embodies every bit of superstitious belief, ritual, taboo, violence, viciousness, exploitation, and ignorance of any creed known to man. What an ignorant philistine he is. Imprecate vocabulary always is. [Tovarishch Will]

# If you haven't visited James before he's well worth a look. This blog covers an eclectic range of subject matter; just this week, he's looked at fashion, Middle East politics, stolen Icelandic trees and the suicide rate at Renault factories. Never less than compelling, the best aspect of Nourishing Obscurity is that James will surprise you with something unexpected every single day. [Mr Eugenides]

# Last Ditch is one of the two top Moscow based blogs, the other of course being James Higham. [The CityUnslicker. Would be great if I were in Moscow but it's the thought which counts.]

# Snob Inc Special Mention - James Higham who seems to be the hardest working blogger around. Iain Dale seems to get the plaudits but James seems to genuinely care about the blogosphere. Good on him. Applause all round. Pints in Whigham's if he is ever in Edinburgh etc. [Reactionary Snob, himself an award winner. Many thanks, kind sir.]

# In his normal acute way he's picked up on a current phenomenon in today's world - the fissaporous tendencies of minor nationalisms … [Tiberius Gracchus] Fissaporous?

# While we're in a cheerful mood, how about a piccy from my favourite film (which I've been thinking about owing to a depressing post by James Higham today[The Tin Drummer

# James' posts are so frequent, his interests so varied and his contacts so extensive that his blog is rather like the Scottish weather. If you don't like it now, just wait a few minutes. [Tom Paine

# The blog Nourishing Obscurity is one of my favourite reads. Thoughtful, independent and James has a way with words. [Peter McGrath]

# Although readers may not notice any change in substance on my blog, I am quite happy, at James Higham’s suggestion, to promote and support Man in a Shed's ‘Silly Week’ . James Higham writes an excellent blog - Nourishing Obscurity - and is often to be found posting on blkogs as the mood takes him – which is often. [Charon QC]

# A blogger by name one James Higham
Makes posts that too often go by 'em
One might well suppose
He can temper his prose
With ideas that easily fry 'em.
[William Gruff]

# Another clash of the devonshire cymbols gongy thingy award hurtles over to James of Nourishing Obscurity (who is the original thinking woman’s crumpet) and whose posts make me stop and think for hours to finally understand what the heck he was going on about but I do so love his style of writing. I love how he thinks. He makes me think so I love him as equally as I hate him for making me think. [Devonshire Dumpling]

# Seems to be a lot of silliness going on in this blog! [Bella Baita View]

# I have to admit to being honoured by being included [not actually a testimonial as such] as an “Awkward Sod” on Captain Ranty's list.