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Other Men's Flowers
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Comments on language, literature, politics, the arts and almost anything else, but mostly quotations. "I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is my own" (Montaigne, 1533-1592)
- Added on: Dec 7th, 2004
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
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Personal note
When I was born, which was on the same day that the great Cab Calloway recorded "Minnie the Moocher" (Jazz's first million seller), I weighed 2½ pounds. Years later I was told that they left me at the foot of the bed and the doctor said to the midw...
Little bits of stuff
A while ago I quoted from a report on the ridiculous kind of grub you get at three-star caffs in San Sebastián. I have not been to any of them, because I cannot imagine that either the expense, the months of waiting to get a table or the food will b...
Noblesse Oblige
Subtitled An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy, this is an anthology of writings published more than fifty years ago. It all seems rather quaint to us now, but for some years the concept of U and non-U speech pa...
Three films
There were two films on TV recently which I vaguely felt I ought to see but which I didn't think would call for my close attention. They were both three hours long, so when I watched them I had a book and a packet of Lincoln Creams close to hand to w...
Selection 21
More recycled posts from 2005:personalWarning on the doorsexSexual orientation: an 11-year old's wise choice religionWe have a better offer than Jesus ...
Chez Muse
Earlier in the month I published a post about Renoir's film La Bête Humaine and my happy discovery on the net of a song from it together with the lyrics. That recording was only one out of hundreds of French songs contained in a remarkable website w...
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