Painting for centuries was the only medium by which a person’s portrait, a beautiful landscape, or a pictorial idea could be captured. The art form moved slowly but discernibly from a poor two-dimensional representation of the subject where the artist… Read More ›
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Joanna Yeates Murder – How to make a story out of nothing.
So, Sky News and the rest of the media are telling the story that the landlord of the flats where Joanna Yeates lived, saw her leave with 2 other people on the night in question. This, as reported, then would… Read More ›
Julian Assange: dirty tricks or heroic leaking?
An interesting interview with David Frost on al Jazeera (English) with Julian Assange of Wiklieaks goes further to expose the continuing inconsistency and intellectual hair-splitting that Assange is masterful at. Before analysing that, I am puzzled by the use of… Read More ›
“Don’t travel unless it’s absolutely necessary!”
During this mini-Ice Age, as the media would describe it, some of us, in the forgotten Midlands, have seen no snow at all and are enjoying a pleasant and skid free run up to Christmas. Listening to the news you… Read More ›