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31 Jul 2020

The Goddess, the Whore, and the Policewoman (Notes on D. H. Lawrence's Apocalypse)

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Hans Burgkmair the Elder's depiction of Babylon the Great; Mother of Prostitutes and Earthly Abominations, etc. One of a series of...
30 Jul 2020

Notes on Mr. Peanut and Bertie Bassett

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  I. As George once remarked to Jerry, when it comes to selecting a romantic partner you could do a lot worse than Mr. Peanut [1] ,...
28 Jul 2020

Reflections on the Woman with the Heart Shaped Face

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Sylvia Sidney: The Woman with the Heart Shaped Face Is this the perfect female face? I suppose it depends on who you ask - tho...
27 Jul 2020

In Praise of Amateurs

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Sadly, it seems to me that amateurism is, in this professional era, increasingly looked down upon (with the possible exception being ...
26 Jul 2020

Post 1500: Reflections on the Extinct British Wolf and the Triumph of the Sheep

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Illustration of a wolf in George Shaw's   Musei Leveriani (1729) I. This is post 1500: a number which means nothing to me, b...
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25 Jul 2020

On the Intelligence of Reptiles

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If men were as much men as lizards are lizards  they'd be worth looking at. - D. H. Lawrence I. I suppose the cogniti...
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24 Jul 2020

On the Intelligence of Fish

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I'm not as dumb as you look ... I. I suppose the cognitive ability of mammals and birds is now pretty much an establishe...
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22 Jul 2020

Watching the Detectives: Notes on Special Branch and The Sweeney

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George Sewell and Patrick Mower as Craven and Haggerty in Special Branch John Thaw and Dennis Waterman as Regan and Carter in The Sween...
21 Jul 2020

Like a Face Drawn in Sand: Anti-Humanism in D. H. Lawrence and Michel Foucault

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Detail from the front cover of Foucault Now ,  ed. James D. Faubion, (Polity Press, 2014) I. According to Andrew Keese, a facu...
20 Jul 2020

All Aboard! On D. H. Lawrence and Trains

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Ian McKellen as D. H. Lawrence and Janet Suzman  as Frieda Lawrence aboard a train in Priest of Love   (dir. Christopher Miles, 1981) ...