I Almost Wish I Had A Bloodsucker Too
Following Josh Marshall’s exposure of New York Times’ high profile columnistMaureen Dowd’s copying of his blogpost (and her subsequent ‘apology for her error’: where have we heard that one recently?),...
View ArticleNo Use Crying For Mother
Usually the big reveal’s at the end of the post, not at the start. Here it is. I admit it, I’ll be 50 later this year. Such is my ingrained cultural conditioning that this is the first time I’ve had...
View ArticleComment of The Day: Poetry Chair Potted
On Ruth Padel’s attempted academic nobbling of Derek Wolcott as potential Professor of Poetry: hermionegingold it’s like dynasty with cardigans!
View ArticleMoon, June, There Is No Spoon
June again, wedding season. I do love a good wedding, though it’s deeply unfashionable in a professed socialist. But I don’t care; I love the whole hoohah, the sentimental tears at the first careless...
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