Bruce Asbestos began life as Bruce Ayling and formed half of the Ayling & Conroy partnership with Hannah Conroy. His … More
Month: October 2011
Oct 30 2011: Reader’s Diary (Brittle Star Magazine, May 2010)
Of the three addictions that have shaped my life, I can only remember with certainty where the least desirable of … More
Oct 29 2011: Twenty One Victorian Studio Portraits of Women in a Variety of Settings: Second Part (English, c.1880 – 1900)
The final gathering of Victorian studio portraits features 21 further images of women, as before seen in artificial and contained settings, … More
Oct 28 2011: Twenty Four Victorian Studio Portraits of Women in a Variety of Settings: First Part (English, c.1880 – 1900)
Following the galleries of Victorian studio portraits of children and men posted here earlier in the week, here is the first … More
Oct 27 2011: After ‘The Flea’: John Donne Responds to the Present Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral (October 27, 2011)
Reading today about the resignation, on a matter of Christian principle, of Canon Giles Fraser from his role at St … More
Oct 26 2011: Eleven Victorian Studio Portraits of Men, Plus One Couple (English, 1880 – 1900)
Following on from yesterday’s post featuring eleven Victorian studio portraits of children, here are twelve more, eleven of men, and … More
Oct 25 2011: Eleven Victorian Studio Portraits of Children (English, 1880 – 1900)
A few weeks ago, I opened a cigar box at the Cattle Market and found inside 50 or 60 small Victorian … More
A Return to Victoriana: Maggy Milner and Tracey Emin (NVA, 2011)
Brian Walden: Obviously Britain today is a very different country from the one it was in Victorian times, when there … More
Oct 23 2011: Postwar Exercises from Design Drawing One by John Rolfe (EUP, 1975)
This set of exercises selected from a 1975 schools textbook for students of technical drawing contains many vanished emblems of postwar … More
Oct 22 2011: Photograph of a Woman and Two Girls in an Unidentified Landscape With Cacti (Date and Location Unknown)
This is a strangely beautiful image, granted a slightly surreal air by the cacti looming over the heads of the … More