Art, media, opinion and ideas
There is every possibility that I will be unable to update the main site until the end of September. I will be able to update the blog here with postings in the meantime. I was particularly looking forward to sharing an article with photos on kite flying in China by Garreth Byrne with you.
El Greco's St Francis Receiving The Stigmata is the first of a series of short reflections on pieces in the National Gallery of Ireland on Merrion Square. I do have a rather handsome photograph of the painting, which I would like to post alongside the essay, but unfortunately the copyright provisions of the National Gallery seek to prevent me from doing so.
Well now. Usually Tuppenceworth's denizens take an Olympian view of the rest of the Internet. They may make use of it for research, but they rarely comment of the hot topic of the moment.
From Dr Ernest Engels:Dear Mr Bush,I have a report that you have issued a statement that you are considering using force against Iran [in response to its resumption of uranium enrichment]. In the light of this statement I conclude you lack good advice on the issue. You should first recognize that Iran’s suspension of uranium enrichment was voluntary.
That is the argument of our first time contributor Ernest Engels, in his article As Big A Liar As John Pope. He has also sent a helpful open letter for the attention of Mr Bush on the matter of Iran and nuclear weapons. I post it above.
Jane Shortall explains why she was happy to hop through the hoops established by the French state to register her new residence in the Gallic countryside.
Fluffy responds to one of her readers, in perhaps not quite the way they expected, when she waxes on matter taxonomical.
It was Flying Ant Night last night. Up they come at twilight one day in August in their tens of thousands out of the ground with their newly grown wings feebly waving and then they swarm up into the air. I've always been fascinated, and at the same time disturbed, by flying ant night.
Well, here we are again, after a period of uncharacteristic silence. As you can see, for once we hadn't just wandered off to chase dragonflies. Instead, behind the scenes, industrious gnomes have been toiling to move the site from blogger, which stopped working for us, to wordpress.
New contributor A. L. Waller gives us a detailed roundup of where the parties stand in the Rossport five case.
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