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Air and Angels – John Donne – Reflection
Described to me as a 'less morbid Donne poem', see below my brief reflection on this beautiful poem by eminent metaphysical poet John Donne. Donne, far from being co-pilot to Clarence Oveur in Airplane!, was an English writer and Anglican cleric, born in 1572. His...
Peggy Suicide – Julian Cope – Album of the Month January 2022
I suppose it was about time I wrote about local Tamworth boy Julian Cope. Unbeknownst to my father, perhaps among the foremost Copey fans, I have been listening to Cope for some time in secret. Peggy Suicide is named after "a figure representing Mother Earth who...
You No Fit Touch Am – Album in the Month January 2021
I know the much vaunted AOTM post is looming around the corner but I thought I cannot exclude this splendid work of art by Dele Sosimi. He was the band leader for Fela's Egypt 80 and founded Positive Force with Fela. He also hosts a bi-monthly Afrobeat night in...
Belle De Jour – A Catholic Film?
Now, by the below description, one would not think about this movie primarily as a Catholic film, but perhaps it is worth talking about it a bit further. Referred to as Bruñuel's most accessible film, we see the story of Severine (Deneuve) exploring herself through a...
Brasserie SenT – Heaven Sent Dinner, Amsterdam
Celia had talked about this restaurant for some time before my arriving in Amsterdam, this is a restaurant she had frequented on many occasions and indeed one which she brings friends and relations to when they visit her in Amsterdam. SenT is short for the names of...
If Thou Must Love Me – Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Born in 1806 at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, England, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a celebrated English poet of the Romantic Movement. This Sonnet is number 14 in a volume of 44 from Sonnets from the Portuguese, first published in 1850. Petrarchan or Italian sonnet...