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What would a Jewish Museum be like? Would it be a museum of one of the three great monotheisms? Or of a race (defined as such by itself, by others or by history ) and was there a difference in … Continue reading
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The Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury is familiar to the modern art cogniscienti (though not to me). It was what its title suggests, a place for the doctoring of horses, built in 1797, originally as part of the mews behind the … Continue reading
Thank you, those of you who have been asking about the sequel to Reconquista and especially to those of you who have already signed up to purchase a copy before it is even published (it was quite a boost seeing … Continue reading
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I have been searching, without success, for a word which means ‘to feel sympathy for an inanimate object’. Our old friend ‘synesthesia’ is the closest I’ve found yet and even a plea on twitter has failed me. My search was … Continue reading
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January 2018 has seen my attendance at two funerals, each of close family members. This sad and somewhat macabre coincidence led me to re-read, and take great pleasure in, a short story by Alan Bennett called The Laying on of … Continue reading
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