This is from the gift shop at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, 2015. I planned this post some time ago. I wondered, in light of the heartless murder of 49 people in Florida, whether I should write something else, or put off saying anything at all. I’ve kept it because there’s something loving and simple about this art. It…
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Jun
I was excited about paragliding in Mendoza – until they gave me the release and disclaimer document to sign while we were driving up the mountain. Being a lawyer, I read it, including all the words about all the bad things that could happen to me! I went in tandem. This was both good and…
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Jun
Lin-Manuel Miranda might just be. He’s the writer, composer and star of Hamilton, which I saw last year on Broadway. He’s received Tony nominations for all three jobs. Yet he might end up losing the Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical award to his co-star, Leslie Odom, Jr. Has anyone ever lost a major acting…
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Jun
I walked to a square in the south of the city, late on a spring-summer Sunday afternoon in 2007. A woman with a fake nose started performing…
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Jun
Laurence Olivier was the greatest ever actor. And a hypocritical snob. He criticised Richard Burton for wanting to make movies for money, rather than appear on the legitimate stage. This might’ve been OK if Olivier himself hadn’t accepted a million bucks to appear in a movie financed by the Moonies. Next he did Clash of the Titans… Acting…
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Jun
One reason for my blog is to promote myself as a writer, but when I posted about the things I could see in a day’s drive from Salta, I thought that two sentences and 16 photos made the point well enough. The last two images were from Purmamarca, a quiet village in the northwest of…
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May
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 2013. My friends took me there to see a Constable hanging on the wall, but I fascinated with the exhibition by Martin Creed. It was tamer than some of the other bodily functions he’s depicted. Then there was his music…
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May
Probably not the question you were expecting, even though I’m posting this on Trinity Sunday. The answer is yes, kind of. Buenos Aires was shortened from Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Nuestra Señora la Virgen María de los Buenos Aires. This means ‘City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Our Lady the Virgin…
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May
