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8 Feb 2026

Prince, Oh Prince of Darkness: Notes on the Case of Peter Mandelson

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Lord Peter Mandelson  (The Prince of Darkness)    'He who knows not that the Prince of Darkness is also the King of Light, knows nothing...
4 Feb 2026

God Save Joe Orton

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Joe Orton anachronistically wearing a  Seditionaries Prick Up Your Ears T-shirt in a photo by George Elam (1967)    'The kind of peopl...
2 Feb 2026

God Save Jean Genet

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Sex Pistols ft. Jean Genet (SA/2026) Photo credits: Sex Pistols by Bob Gruen (1976)  and Jean Genet by Brassaï (1948)      Beauty is the p...
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1 Jan 2026

New Year's Day: I've Said It Before and I'll Say It Again ...

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TTA New Year's Day Postcard (SA/2026)*     Here we are on the first day of the New Year and I find that, like Oliver Hardy in Dirty Work...
20 Jul 2025

On the Art and Politics of Triviality (Wilde Vs Adorno)

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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) / Theodor W. Adorno (1903 - 1969)     I.    The narrator of  Lady Chatterley's Lover  identified the modern er...
1 Jun 2025

Dancing a Sailor's Hornpipe with Legs & Co.

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  The girls of Legs & Co. on  Blue Peter    (BBC Television, 14 Jan 1980) [1]   I.     There are numerous variations of the hornpipe , b...
1 Mar 2025

An Open Letter to Simon Solomon from Stephen Alexander

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  Stephen Alexander / Simon Solomon Dear Simon, Thank you for your remarks on a recent post entitled ' Yabba Dabba Doo! ' (28 Feb 20...
28 Feb 2025

Yabba Dabba Doo! On Writing So As to Pleasure and In Praise of the Laughing Caveman

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Betty, Wilma, Barney, and Fred enjoying a good laugh The Flintstones (Hanna-Barbera Productions, 1960-66)       A question I am often asked...
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5 Oct 2024

In Memory of Leonard Rossiter (1926-1984)

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 Leonard Rossiter as Rigsby in Rising Damp (1974-78) and as Inspector Truscott in Loot (1984)   I.    As a Rising Damp aficianado, I was ...
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