Friday, May 18, 2018

Hope remains above all

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‘The arrival of this “Red Guard,” as it is now called, or any armed detachment, excites rumors and fear here. It was simply amusing to hear ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Happy birthday Brian Eno

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‘Beautiful late TV show of pop?/classical?/Turkish?/Arabic? orchestra and singing. Extraordinarily ugly audience transformed to beauty by si...
Saturday, May 12, 2018

The Diary Review’s tenth birthday

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Today marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of The Diary Review . During its ten years, the column has included extracts from the diarie...

My filthy polluted heart

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‘Behold the exceding grate mercy of God to me, I having labored excedingly under some corruptions of my filthy polluted heart which was read...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Hunted like a dog

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‘After being hunted like a dog through swamps, woods, and last night being chased by gun boats till I was forced to return wet cold and star...
Saturday, May 5, 2018

Cleese, also in a bikini

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‘The last week has been spent filming in or around London, ending up at our traditional location - Walton-on-Thames - on Friday. It was less...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

The 1st Earl of Egmont

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John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont, died 270 years ago today. He is remembered today for being instrumental in the early development of Georg...

A thousand pieces

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‘Their way of making war is very much the same. Into the pot they cast human flesh, explosive powders, and extracts from manuals of military...