Sunday, 14 July 2024

Frog Regnant London NW3

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The day after the Labour party’s astonishing landslide election victory on July 4th, I discovered to my dismay that the essential tranquilli...
Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Ancient Greece has Elegant Variations for the Beast with Two Backs.

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Since that which Helen did and ended Troy . . .* Apart from drawing on the limitless resources of a first class scholar-brain, poet Robert G...
Sunday, 23 June 2024

The Virtue of Poverty

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 A naked bulb sheds more light                                                                                                              ...
Friday, 24 May 2024

1967. The Operative Word.

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  We met in the park It was one of those nights The small building was more than quaintly ornamental I am a   bird h...
Monday, 4 March 2024

Life

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Life = a Restitution for Wasted Time Catherine Eisner Photo credit: Stasis and Motion by Rachel Tanugi Ribas   or. . .   Reality is that w...
Thursday, 29 February 2024

“More Out-takes from Ol’ Ameriky” (The Uncollected Songbook Part One.) I know this girl is lyin’

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I know this girl is lyin’ man we know each other well I know this girl is lyin’ man she’s lyin’ in her throat that’s right!  Lord you so rig...
Sunday, 25 February 2024

The Utility of Art as a Social Function according to Heinrich Böll

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Or should that be The Utility of Art at a Social Function ? I think I’ve written all I want to say on the topic of the Non-Utility of Art, ...