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31 Jul 2025

My Tuppence Ha'penny's Worth on the Sydney Sweeney Controversy

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Sydney Sweeney in one of several ads for jeans by  American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (Fall 2025)    I.    There are some news stories that, pro...
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29 Jul 2025

Reflections on Megan Rooney's Spin Down Sky II

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Temitope Ajose and Leah Marojević performing Megan Rooney's   Spin Down Sky II    on the opening night of her exhibition Yellow Yellow B...
28 Jul 2025

Marking Geoff Dyer's Homework (Part Two: XIII-XXII)

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  Geoff Dyer as a young teen in his bedroom Photo from geoffdyer.com       Part One of this post (sections I-XII) can be accessed by clickin...
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Marking Geoff Dyer's Homework (Part One: I-XII)

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Canongate (2025) [a]   If I close my eyes I can see it now, that dear old house on Memory Lane ...  [b]   I.   Longtime readers will recall ...
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23 Jul 2025

From Railway Child to Girl About the House: In Praise of Sally Thomsett

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Sally Thomsett as Phyllis Waterbury in  The Railway Children  (1970) and as Jo in Man About the House  (ITV 1973-76)     I.    Even though t...
21 Jul 2025

On the Law of Inertia and the Principle of Evil

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Portrait of Isaac Newton by Godfrey Keller (1689)  with the addition of Newton's Law of Inertia        I.    Like many people who posses...
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...