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ThinkShop: On Robert Graves, Count Belisarius and Lawrence of Arabia
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A selection of articles on history, politics, art and literature. Thursday, September 9, 2010. On Robert Graves, Count Belisarius and Lawrence of Arabia. In the historical novel,. Was first published Graves was confronted with numerous negative reviews. Most criticised the novel for its stiff portrayal of the main character, finding him to be "altogether too noble". Graves, never a lover of critics, reacted strongly. In one of two letters which he wrote to. T E Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia.
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ThinkShop: August 2015
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A selection of articles on history, politics, art and literature. Monday, August 24, 2015. Caravaggio in Dublin, Triumph of the Soulless. Having once been in Malta and failing to see that island's sole Caravaggio painting. I was determined not to make the same mistake when recently visiting the island of Ireland. The Taking of Christ. The Taking of Christ. Is the latest Caravaggio to be discovered. H. Now it hangs proudly, all cleaned up, spic and span, in the National Gallery. Or any mythic-science-fict...
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ThinkShop: Heliotherapy in Switzerland
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A selection of articles on history, politics, art and literature. Sunday, July 11, 2010. Here is an intriguing photo that I took at the exhibition "Magic Mountains: Switzerland as Energy Centre and Sanatorium". In the Swiss National Museum in Zürich. It shows a nurse giving a child a glass of ovalmaltine. The child and nurse are on skis, they are standing on snow and surrounded by high peaks, but what makes the photo most odd is the near nakedness of the youngster. By the early 20. Captured the almost re...
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ThinkShop: One Hundred Days by Lukas Barfuss
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A selection of articles on history, politics, art and literature. Friday, June 26, 2015. One Hundred Days by Lukas Barfuss. Granta Books, 2013). By the young Swiss author Lukas Barfüss. In this contemporary version of Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. This book has garnered Barfüss a number of literary prizes, as well as nominations for the biggest book prizes in Germany and Switzerland. He is, of course, almost unheard of in the insular, provincial English speaking world. Friday, June 26, 2015. Subscribe to: ...
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ThinkShop: The Beyeler Foundation: Vienna 1900 - Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Their Time
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A selection of articles on history, politics, art and literature. Monday, October 4, 2010. The Beyeler Foundation: Vienna 1900 - Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Their Time. 65279;. Beyler Foundation (photo: Bijan Sayfour). Gustav Klimt: The Dancer. Gustav Klimt: The Park. I only ask because most of my photos appear out of focus.) But it is the water that holds one’s attention, and the play of light on its surface. It dominates the bulk of the canvas, becoming almost an entirely abstract ...I hope the ...
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ThinkShop: More on Collective Memory
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A selection of articles on history, politics, art and literature. Sunday, March 17, 2013. More on Collective Memory. The is a follow up to my previous post. Famine memorial, Dublin. Johanna Burke, “Introduction to ‘Remembering’ War”,. Journal of Contemporary History. Volume 39 (4), October, 2004, p. 473]. Will no doubt help to shape the American collective memory to a far greater extent than academic monographs on the same subject. International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, The Hague. In the ...
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A Bluestocking Knits: "Pearl Buck Swing Jacket Knitalong"
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June 20, 2006. Swing Jacket Monday (on Tuesday). Welcome to new members of the knitalong, Sarah of Lieblingsgarn. And Little Jenny Wren. Writes, I'm going to try to finish my left front later today - thanks to Suse helping me with the 'wrap' instruction! That's all I've done so far but it went together faster than I thought. I will send in updates as I go too. I'll say thanks again for the toothpick tip as I would never have got the back pleat right without it! June 05, 2006. My guess would be that in or...
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The Palisades: January 2014
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Washington, D.C. Sunday, January 26, 2014. 1st World Question - I know. Butdoes food taste better if you use the family silver to eat your meals? By the way, the oar-shaped spreader was given to me by father after I took up rowing which he thought - as a student at St. Mark's School - was "boring". Links to this post. Wednesday, January 22, 2014. Today As I said to my boss: a snowfall of 4 - 7 inches does not a "snow event" make. Finally putting Christmas to bed. Oh, I know, I did take down the tree ...
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ThinkShop: The Death of Marat
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A selection of articles on history, politics, art and literature. Friday, May 21, 2010. The Death of Marat. The above painting is world famous, David's. The Death of Marat. It is a fine example of revolutionary iconography - the radical Marat, in death, has become a secular martyr. Some commentators have pointed out the similarity to Michealangelo's. Later we stopped at the building which once housed Marat's newspaper, the notorious. Then we crossed the road to find the site where radical faction, the Co...
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ThinkShop: French Revolution Jokes
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A selection of articles on history, politics, art and literature. Thursday, May 22, 2014. Just revising the French Revolution with my class this morning and we decided to make up some French Revolution jokes. Here is the best of the bunch. (Imagine what the worst are like! What did Robespierre’s mistress say to him on their first night together? 8220;Disrobe Pierre.”. Who was the heaviest revolutionary? Why were the Jacobins so ambitious? They wanted to get a head. Storm and Terrorble Reign. June 30, 201...