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In which SL gets her art deco fix

February 27, 2010 – 10:18 am

I have just arrived in Oxford (via a somewhat circuitous route) from New York. Everything was very late, I was astoundingly lucky to catch a cab (NY end) and astoundingly lucky to catch the last bus back to Oxford (after catching the last Heathrow Express). I came within a whisker of spending the night among [...]

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An ‘unvalued person’: guest post by Adrien

February 10, 2010 – 7:07 am

[SL: Adrien, as you all know, is a regular commenter on this blog and over at Catallaxy. A while ago, he offered us a series of occasional guest posts on matters artistic, to which we heartily agreed as Adrien has forgotten more about fine art than most of us have ever known. In light of [...]

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Japanese ghosts are the scariest

January 23, 2010 – 7:20 am

I was talking to a Japanese friend about how my parents had a book of Japanese myths and legends, and I loved to read it as a kid, but some of those stories were so scary. I am sure that Japanese ghosts are the scariest and the weirdest. Anyway, I thought I would put together [...]

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Revolution

November 7, 2009 – 6:30 pm

Since some of the discussion on Legal Eagle’s ‘Eating Greens‘ post revolved around China, I thought this image was apposite.

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H R Giger’s Tarot Deck from Hell

September 23, 2009 – 6:47 am

… Well, not quite, although the detail that his mother sometimes asks him to tone his art down is interesting. The background music is rather irritating, but the rest is distinctly worthwhile.

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Artist’s view of the court

May 9, 2009 – 9:12 am

Saint (via Boynton) pointed me to this lovely whimsical commentary by artist Maira Kalman at And the Pursuit of Happiness about her visit to the US Supreme Court. My favourite line is:
In the Court the Lawyers are arguing cases that I kind of Understand. But Not Really. Not Really is putting it mildly. But that [...]

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Uncivil rights

April 12, 2009 – 6:00 am

Councils in England and Wales have used controversial spying laws 10,000 times in the past five years, figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show.
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) was designed to fight serious crime. But officials have been using it to spy on suspected dog fouling, littering and other minor offences.
The government has [...]

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‘Bollywood with Brass’

April 4, 2009 – 8:45 pm

Yes, it’s a music post and… not about Metallica. 

Since I’ve been at Oxford, I’ve discovered large numbers of people who study extremely interesting things. This goes without saying. As you’d expect, there’s lots of putative cures for cancer, philosophies of law, population genetics and so on to be found among the Oxford graduate community. [...]

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Bad Paintings of Obama

April 2, 2009 – 3:43 pm

The Daily Telegraph featured a selection of bad paintings of Obama, taken from a site called badpaintingsofbarackobama.com.
Also noteworthy was the three-eyed Obama, and the Obama with a world on his forehead and blue veins everywhere. I really don’t know what it was all about.

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R.I.P Kilmeny Niland

March 1, 2009 – 6:17 am

Those of you with any interest in Australian children’s literature would be aware of illustrator Kilmeny Niland. Like her mother Ruth Park, she played a significant and ongoing role in Australian literature, and in my appreciation of the various books she illustrated. I’ve long thought her beautiful artwork ensured that some books meant more to [...]

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