I have just read a very good article by Slavoj Žižek in the London Review of Books: Berlusconi in Tehran. By “very good” I mean that he, as usual, displays an astounding amount knowledge t...
La peinture c’est l’art d’arriver à l’âme par entremises des yeux. Si l’effet s’arrête aux yeux, le peintre n’a fait que le moindre partie du chemin. Painting...
St James Garden – White Roses, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. I love different flowers but roses are always among the favourite. Many years ago when I visited the Botanic Gardens in...
I previously discussed briefly how structuring the narrative works. Editing is a creative process, so I will be back to it next time. But recently I looked at the problem of proofreading, and this is ...
A New Word in the English Language, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. July 2009 has been very rich in strange experiences in Manchester. First, there was an opera that used the film’s ...
I noticed that the picture below has attracted a lot of interest. I can understand; when I saw this mount of bin bags I HAD to take a picture. The view was astonishing. The last time I saw something s...
Shoes in the Sky, originally uploaded by loscuadernosdejulia. There are many strange things you come across as you stroll down the streets of your town. I saw this scene about a month ago, near Afflec...
Callas Forever, a film by Franco Zeffirelli, made a surprising return as a Prima Donna opera by Rufus Wainwright at Manchester International Festival 2009...
The 1818 painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, The Death of Leonardo, was inspired by an extract from Vasari's Lives of the Artists. ...
Last year I was given a brief, to write a short story. There was a possibility of me working on a larger project, but recession struck, so the project apparently didn’t move forward. There are a...