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31 Aug 2017

Blood, Sex, and the Inviolable Nature of Objects

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Still from the video for the song Animals  by Maroon 5  Featuring Adam Levine and his wife Behati Prinsloo  Dir. Samuel Bayer, (2014...
29 Aug 2017

Notes on Shakespeare's Dark Lady

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Jasmin Savoy-Brown cast as Emilia Bassano,  believed by some to be Shakespeare's Dark Lady  Photo: John Willy (2016) I have...
27 Aug 2017

On the Joy of Metaphysical Conceit (With Reference to John Donne's 'The Flea')

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John Donne (1572-1631): The Flea   (First published posthumously in 1633)   Whilst it's true that I don't like conceite...
26 Aug 2017

Three Brief Extracts from a Study of Eric Gill

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Photo of Eric Gill by Howard Coster (1927) National Portrait Gallery I: Two Men With Red Beards Eric Gill was a great admirer o...
23 Aug 2017

On Operational Whitewash

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Mark Tansey  Robbe-Grillet Cleansing Every Object in Sight  (1981) Oil on canvas with crayon (182.9 x 183.4 cm) Like man...
22 Aug 2017

Nice to See You, to See You - Dead!

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Bruce Forsyth Death Mask   Treating life as a good game ,  good game  and always putting his best chin forward (a gesture s...
21 Aug 2017

Eric Gill: On Trousers and the Most Precious Ornament

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D. H. Lawrence wasn't the only weirdy beardy Englishman writing in the interwar period to be concerned with the question of mascul...
19 Aug 2017

Practically Perfect in Every Way: Notes on the Case of Mary Poppins

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Julie Andrews as  Mary Poppins (1964) As a child, I didn't much care for Mary Poppins as portrayed by Julie Andrews in the 1...
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17 Aug 2017

On Modest Fashion (Or OMG! I Agree with Julie Burchill - Again!)

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The Dolce and Gabbana Abaya and Hijab Collection (2016) I suspect many of those currently promoting modest fashion  know full w...
15 Aug 2017

On Moral Turpitude (with Reference to the Case of Sebastian Horsley)

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Sebastian Horsley at home in Soho (Mar 2008)  Photograph: Steve Forrest / Rex Features  Having an immoral past or criminal r...
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