Disjecta Membra
Occasional ruminations on books, art, films, music ...
Friday, 8 July 2016
Romeo and Juliet
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Before the live streaming of the Kenneth Branagh production of Romeo and Juliet there were some brief video interviews with teenagers. The i...
Monday, 27 June 2016
Brexit Referendum: First Reaction
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The extremists were quick to respond. 'We did it! Today is our 'Independence Day', a day that will live forever as the day that ...
Sunday, 17 April 2016
Les Blancs
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The big new show at NT's Olivier is Les Blancs , by Lorraine Hansberry, the brilliant American playwright who died aged just 34. I'...
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Watts Gallery: Marie Spartali Stillman, G F Watts, Evelyn de Morgan
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The Enchanted Garden of Messer Arnaldo On Sunday we made one of our occasional pilgrimages to the Watts Gallery, Compton - home to a pe...
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Sunday, 13 March 2016
Durham Cathedral
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The Beginnings The story of Durham Cathedral really begins further up on the East coast of England, on the little island of Lindisf...
The Encounter
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Years ago I listened, mesmerised, to a radio drama called Mnemonic , about the frozen body of Otzi the Iceman, who died some 5,000 years ag...
Saturday, 12 March 2016
Andy Warhol
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A brief but enjoyable visit to the exhibition of Warhol pieces from the Hall collection at the Ashmolean. Brevity of attention seems app...
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