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I said in A Little bit of history…with bikes, that the story of the Kirby Codec tea towels for the Qhubeka bicycle charity was not complete. Today, suffering from withdrawal symptoms after the end of this year’s stunningly exciting Giro … Continue reading
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Venus and Mars is a painting in oil and tempera by Sandro Botticelli. Created in the 1480s in Medici Florence it currently hangs in Room 61 of the National Gallery, London. It depicts two Roman gods reclining in a woodland … Continue reading
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I have been thinking about signs and their language. Not the portentous, signifying great or foul deeds – ‘So foul and fair a day I have not seen¹’ – or even the supernatural, signifying disaster – ‘She dreamt to-night she … Continue reading
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‘The work that one does is a way of keeping a diary’ is the quote from the artist which begins Tate Modern’s big Summer blockbuster exhibition. This takes the visitor chronologically, month by month, through 1932, an extraordinarily productive artistic … Continue reading
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A remarkable comeback is what happened – for Pedro Sanchez, leader of Spain’s socialist party PSOE and shortly to become the latest Prime Minister of Spain. Regular followers of this blog may recall articles documenting the various Spanish national elections … Continue reading →
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