torpedo the ark

Mrs Danvers (Judith Anderson) displays the see-through nature  of Rebecca's nightdress to the new Mrs de Winter (Joan Fontaine)  in Rebe...

Top: Manderley in ruins (chaos reigns) Bottom: Maxim de Winter (uxoricide and floraphile)     I.    Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley ...

Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin  strolling round Soho in 1977     I.    There are two main reasons why I love this photo.  Firstly, it feat...

I.    Regular readers will recall that back in April of this year, I went along to the Horse Hospital to view the overtly political artwork ...

  Mariateresa Aiello: The Flâneur (Ink on paper, 2011) sketchbloom.com     "Around 1840 it was briefly fashionable to take turtles for...

Zodiac Man ( Homo Signorum ) [1]     I can't quite recall where, but I'm sure Baudrillard once mused on the idea of changing one...

David Call: George and the Dragon University of Oregon Libraries   "As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs."...

Autumn-Foliage-Strike-Fun     It's often said that the Greeks have a word for everything, but, as a matter of fact, that's not true ...

  The other day, at an event held at the National Poetry Library [1] , I asked a perfectly reasonable question of the speakers (at their inv...