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 Philadelphia Inquirer |
It's Time to …
Philadelphia Inquirer Three weeks have passed since the winter solstice, bringing a little more daylight to us each day. I've begun to see changes in our gardens, both indoors and out. While puttering in one of our unheated greenhouses, I noticed that Dittany of Crete … |
The chief criticism of Christmas television is Talleyrand’s criticism of the Bourbons — royals, not biscuits, though it might also apply to biscuits. “They learnt nothing and forgot nothing” could be the biscuit motto. Yule’s television strives for sameness, to be comforting and repetitive.
Two important events are due to occur on Friday. Both have connections with the Royal Academy. The first is the last day of the Algernon Newton exhibition; Newton was an undervalued Royal Aca demician whose atmospheric cityscapes from the 1930s I’ll be admiring further on in this review.
It’s the dawn of a new World Cup campaign … and I do pray that, in the grand style of the winter solstice, dusk does not quickly follow.
It’s the dawn of a new World Cup campaign … and I do pray that, in the grand style of the winter solstice, dusk does not quickly follow.
Swindon manager Paolo Di Canio on Luis Suarez's handball, paying for players and fooling Fabien Barthez
 The American Culture |
Bloated Winter Movies: Do You Want That Blockbuster Supersized?
The American Culture It's too bad for film critics that they don't draw an hourly wage, what with the recent spate of reeeeeaaaalllly looooong movies. “There is one story and one story only/That will prove worth your telling,” wrote Robert Graves in “To Juan at the Winter … |