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  Fran Lock in human and hyena form     Fran Lock likes to describe her poetic practice as feral - by which she means "omnivorous, opp...

  I have to admit, I've never been a big fan of the exclamation point ...    It may have a perfectly respectable Latin origin and have b...

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena   (SA/2024)     In 2022 NASA assembled an independent study team [1] to analyse what are known as unident...

Penny Rimbaud peering out from behind the Crass logo I.   The Horse Hospital is a Grade II listed building in Bloomsbury, built by James Bu...

The Happiest Place on Earth [1] "Children, I wanna warn ya / 'Cos I've been to California Where Mickey Mouse is such a demon /...

Images used for the posts published on this date in 2014, 2021, and 2023     Sometimes - especially those times when, like today, I can'...

Gilles Deleuze attempting to keep things simple     I.    In a recent post I offered some advice about blogging; stressing the need to be co...

  Advice to a young blogger just starting out [1] [2] :     1. Be Consistent   Not so much at the level of content or argument, but in terms...

Portrait of Jonathan Swift by Charles Jervas (c. 1718)  Detail from National Conveniances by James Gillray (1796)   I.    D. H. Lawrence fa...

  Juan de Juanes:   Christ the Saviour with the Eucharist (1545-1550)   And after he had given thanks, Jesus broke the bread, and said:  ...