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18 Apr 2025

Notes on Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts (Part 2: pp. 75-180)

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Photo of Maggie Nelson by Jarrett Eakins (2013)  alongside the cover of her book The Argonauts    (Graywolf Press, 2015)     Note: this post...
22 Jan 2024

On Painting 1946 and the Magic of Art: The Malcolm McLaren Birthday Post (2024)

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  Francis Bacon: Painting 1946 (1946) Oil on linen (78 x 52 in) I.    On this day, in 1946, Malcolm McLaren was born and I'd like to ma...
20 Dec 2021

Revenge of the Macaques

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Image: Suresh Jadhav for News18   That man and monkey be redeemed from the spirit of revenge -  that for me is the bridge to our highest hop...
13 Aug 2019

On the Art of Crucifixion

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Horace Roye: Tomorrow's Crucifixion (1938) Images of a crucified figure have a long history; one that it may surprise some read...
8 Nov 2018

The Colour Purple

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I. On the Excretory Origin of an Exquisite Colour My birthstone, as an Aquarian, is amethyst. And so I have an astrological attachm...
12 Sept 2018

A Fond Farewell to Fenella Fielding

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Fenella Fielding as the fiendishly beautiful Valeria   Carry On Screaming  (1966)   It is again with sadness that I mark the pass...
16 Sept 2016

In Praise of Euthanasia as a Practice of Joy before Death

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Thanatos: god of death tattoo , by L4ndX deviantart.com   There are, apparently, over 850,000 people in the UK diagnosed with s...
27 Dec 2014

On the Malign/ed Art of Faking It (Part II) - A Guest Post by Thomas Tritchler

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A rare but recent photo of Thomas Tritchler taken in Salzburg, Austria The dreary utilitarianism of the English intellectual trad...