Is Burnham a British Lula?

When Lula came in financial markets were worried – but he became their friend – of course the culture wars continued but the reason he was tolerated was that he did help rich people make money This is an FT interview with Burnham from a couple of days ago So far George Parker of the […]

Tim Curry RIP

FYI this post is even more stream of conscious / filing cabinet than usual 🙏🏿 Something weird happened in the bookshop yesterday – I was looking at a book about Ezra Pound’s artists and there was mention of someone called Wadsworth – who did some pretty neat vorticist works – my sister and I watched […]

Brahms No 2 in B flat major op 83

Circular was supposed to be negative – infinite could go either way. Good if you’re having a good time – positively kafka-esque if you ain’t.

Kenneth Clark on Romantics: Gericault, Constable & Goya

Islamophobe Gove with Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell The Sassoons’s dirty opium fortune

Tsara directive

Tsara’s directive on how to write Dadaist poetry overlaps with the English nonsense poem But would Tristan Tzara himself approve of being compared to English poetry? The Tzara directive doesn’t feel that different to the AI directive. In other to make sense one ought to factually correlate relevantly and collocate so as to appear normal. […]

Let them see cake

Yes, the Wayne Theiebaud at the Courtauld is all about the still life – particularly the pie and cake – but – at a superficial level – it’s all about the SPLODGE! Check it out – it’s positively buttery !

Two Tier policing

Billionaire Tory Donor’s MP son being prosecuted with lower urgency level than man who allegedly attacked PM’s homes speaks volumes re: UK misogyny, power, & corruption. Patrick Spencer, son of billionaire Tory Lord Michael Spencer, is being charged by the…

Atlantic’s David Frum on India Pakistan conflict

Very interesting to hear David Frum, the architect of George W. Bush’s Axis of Evil speech talking about Pakistan / India relations. Frum tries to blame Trump for US meddling in the conflict. Shashi Tharoor refers to Mujahedeen success against…

Zelensky, Cokehead of Kiev, desperate to block rival Zaluzhny

At some point there might be an election in Ukraine – so guess who will do what they can to rig it? #CokeHeadOfKiev Feels like what the EU have done against Le Pen, Wilders, and in Romania I’m on the…