Monthly Archives: September 2010
goodbye Tony Curtis
So Tony Curtis has died, aged 85. Let us pause to remember him; he was one of the best things in mid-century Hollywood. In hommage I’m resisting the too-easy Some Like It Hot temptation, and the too-cheesy Spartacus temptation. This … Continue reading
Filed under death, the movies
rhyme: it’s about how we tork
Today, good old Esoteric London brings us plastic bunnies. Along with a great example of how rhyming can come a cropper by way of regional accent is formed by the way we talk. In fact, celebrates speech. English is a … Continue reading
Filed under bagatelles, Living With Words
London in poetry
Gary From Leeds: “Tyger, Tyger, burning bright, in the forests of the night…” Well, summer is over and it’s Politics Season. First, the party conferences. Clegg’s speech. The announcement of the new Labour leader (fortunately it went to the Good … Continue reading
Books in, stuff out
Greetings from the end of the weekend. Things in: On Saturday morning the post kept coming through the letterbox for something like a full minute, while I sat at my desk and kind of ducked my head down behind the … Continue reading
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poet files #16
As no one who lives in the UK can fail to have noticed, this month has marked the 70th anniversary of the start of the Blitz. We’ve had colour film footage, interviews, politicians paying homage, memoirs – even the timely … Continue reading
Filed under Poet files
