Understanding Poverty: The Poor Talk about what it means to be Poor, Anvil Publishing.
Category: Books & Music
Jul 22
Book of the week
Jul 03
Book of the week
Jun 18
Book of the week
Apr 26
Book of the week
Mar 17
Book of the week
Mar 10
Book of the Week
George Jacques Danton gave a simple explanation why his generation of young professionals embarked on the French Revolution. Quoted in “The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine: France 1792–1794” (Graeme Fife):The old regime made a crucial error…. The old regime drove us to it by giving us a good education without opening opportunities for our talents.
Mar 03
Book of the week
Dec 17
Certain trumpets
Oct 14
Was Tootle tyrannized?
The most ludicrous debate seems to me that between various contemporary readers of Tootle, the train that was taught to stay on the tracks (not the same as The Little Engine that Could -and why on earth did they have to dispense with the original art?). But actually I only read about Tootle and the Little Engine that Could in school. At home, it seems my early reading was strictly 19th and early 20th centuries.
Sep 03
Churchill and the sea-cuckoo
The Prime Minister, always fascinated by birds, beasts and fishes, now suggested that we should dine at San Remo and examine this unusual creature.Lord Beaverbook’s chef was given a night off and Sargeant Murray informed the French police of our intention. In pitch darkness and pouring rain we entered the two-door Fiat, Meg and I cramped uncomfortably behind and Churchill sitting in front beside Sergeant Murray, who acted as chauffeur as well as artistic adviser and detective. When our shabby little car emerged from the drive we found two shiny black limousines and a posse of police motorcyclists waiting to escort us. We set off at speed, but had not gone far before the window next to Churchill came adrift.
Jun 22
The Master of Tropical Baroque
Tweet The Master of Tropical Baroque Blog Critics | June 2005 By Manuel L. Quezon III Nick Joaquin to me was sin and stories. The first due to an early memory of my father arriving home with a copy of Manila: Sin City which he cautiously placed on a high shelf, beyond my reach; the second due to Pop …