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Lately …
Lately I’ve listened to a lot of music, intensely, for two to three hours a day. My musical taste is shaped by the punk era, though by the time I discovered punk, it was all over. I’m a child of the...
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Zona by Geoff Dyer
Without reservation, I am a deep-seated admirer of Geoff Dyer’s work. Since reading his D. H. Lawrence book I have continued through each of his titles. Last year I went to a talk that Dyer gave on...
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A Most Delicate Face
Anna Maria Pierangeli She wasn’t exuberant like Sophia Loren, vivacious like Gina Lolobrigida, or intense like Anna Magnani. But she was just as talented. What distinguished her from these women were...
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Idées Fixes of the Week
JMW Turner: The Blue Rigi: Lake of Lucerne – Sunrise ***** Edmund Husserl Cartesian Meditations: An Introduction to Phenomenology First, anyone who seriously intends to become a philosopher must “once...
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Idées Fixes of the Week
Edward Burtynsky: Dryland Farming #7,Monegros County, Aragon, Spain (2010) Edward Burtynsky Burtynsky: OIL – Photographers’ Gallery: 19 May – 1 July 2012 ***** Slimescapes | World War One Centenary...
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Tacita Dean’s Green Ray/Eulogy to Film
Tacita Dean’s bewitching eulogy to film (and capturing of the ‘green ray’ – do you see it?). The text below is from this interview with Jeffrey Eugenides This is really interesting, because I filmed it...
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Sacred Cows, Tinctures, Zombies and Chomsky
From reading a compelling review in TLS’s In Brief to tucking into Mark Dery’s I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts was an interval of three days. I’m one foreword, an introduction and a single essay in, and...
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David Mitchell’s Passion for Language
In this interview David Mitchell discusses his passion for language. Whatever the reason behind the change from Sony (a “fabricant” character named Sonmi) to Samsung in the Wachowskis’ film of Cloud...
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Favourite Films (10)
I was asked by a friend about my favourite films, so here goes with a list of the top ten that come to mind today. They are in no particular order. There should be a Woody Allen here, but in truth I...
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Fassbinder once said
I detest the idea that love between two persons can lead to salvation. All my life I have fought against this oppressive type of relationship. Instead, I believe in searching for a kind of love that...
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