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Navel-gazing, with Pamela Stephenson

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Review of More4’s Pamela Stephenson: The Fame Report.

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For theartsdesk

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A younger Shakespeare hedges his bets

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and/or temperate…

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NB – Sports Direct

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Dear SportsDirect.com,

Thank you for your stream of PRICE CRASH!! special offer e-mails, coming in approx. twice a day for the past 9 days.

What I would really like, though, is the trainers I ordered more than a week ago.

Please feel free to let me know when they are on their way. (E-mail will be fine.)

Yours, etc.

Adam

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theASHtray, vol.11

Saturday, April 14, 2012

An Easter holiday special, in which we take in Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Ancient Egypt, the Grand Tour, stuffed birds, Congolese objets d’art, camera-less photography, amateur collectors, wunderkammern/cabinets of curiosity, Bruce Chatwin, Nicky Hirst, madeleine moments, Broomhill Sculpture Park, sculpture in general, Ronald A. Westerhuis, Carol Peace, Jake Rusby, Mike Roles, Dartington Crystal, Swedes, Twitter, Britain’s Got Talent, The Doors, poetry, Greil Marcus, Jenny Diski and jazz liner-notes, and – a trip to Gnome Reserve notwithstanding – I try not to deride my beloved’s beloved West Country.

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For theartsdesk

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Almost no-one wants to be like Spike

Monday, April 9, 2012

Review of ITV’s Perspectives: (John) Sergeant on Spike.

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For theartsdesk

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theASHtray, vol.10

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Featuring news and views on the espionage du jour, Peter Taylor, Homeland, Spooks, Rubicon, Tinker Tailor…, Ben Macintyre, Americans, Russians, the Chinese, Rwandans, Charlie Dutton Gallery, TASCHEN, FUSE magazine, typographics, computers, Garamond, rubber bands, Marshal McLuhan, Akira The Don, Pink Floyd, ABBA, YouTube, and lollies.

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For theartsdesk

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The life and times of Sir Jonathan Miller

Sunday, April 1, 2012

BBC2’s Arena on one of the last remaining Renaissance men.

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For theartsdesk

Filed in Journalism, review | Tagged BBC, Gilbert & Sullivan, Oliver Sacks, opera, Plato, science, Shakespeare, Sir Jonathan Miller, Sir Laurence Olivier, theartsdesk, theatre, TV | Comments (0)

theASHtray, vol.9

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Read, watch and listen: climate-change, Maldivian politics, Jon Shenk, Mohammed Nasheed, Radiohead, Start the Week, Anne McElvoy, Geoff Dyer, Paul Farley, Andrei Tarkovsky, Tristram Shandy, Werner Herzog, Liz Mermin, large hadron colliders, Scott Waugh, Mouse McCoy, Act of Valor, Navy Seals, John McCain, Facebook, blockbusters, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, pianos, Clementi, Mozart, Telemann, and Foreign Affairs.

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For theartsdesk

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Shower

Friday, March 30, 2012

Pale mole on my chest:
damp, three dark hairs angle down
like an old leaf-rake.

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On the 27th draft translation of Basho’s ‘Sound of Water’

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Master, due respect:
No-one cares about the pond.
Or the frog.
……………(Plop.)
……………………(Splash!)

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