The Falling
The Falling by Carol Morley (2015) histeria, brujería, adolescencia | luna, hojas, troncos | deseos, ‘surges’, desmayos Fantástico retrato de …
Author Archives: B*
Satire vs Cynicism
Satire is both pessimistic and idealistic: it points up hypocrisy by recognition of something superior. Cynicism is different because it …
The Forest
For Jedi masters & disciples Hobbits Faeries Gruffalos Bespectacled rabbits Botanists Nudists Druids Fantasists Escapists Fetischists Picniquers Joggers Environmentalists Motor-crossists …
The unhappy good life
Happiness or wellbeing? What’s good for you is not necessarily what makes you happy. I’d take difficult unhealthy exhausting happiness …
Cuando la lejía produce nostalgia
Qué impacto extraordinario. Recordar a mi abuela a traves de la esencia inconfundible del ‘au de lejía’ Un nuevo spray …
The sound of an ice-cream van at midnight
What is Liverpool? Liverpool is the sound of an ice cream van at midnight It’s a bomb of colour at …
The problem with virtual…
(Ok, this rant was written before I discovered I could butcher sentence structures to get to the point- thanks, poetry. …
The Chairs of the East Slovak Museum
At first sight, the dark palatial East Slovak Museum looks like yet another musty & old-fashioned chant to a bygone …
The precision of the consultant
Pure, perfectly applied jargon The most productively meaningless use of the English language. Ultimate. Maximised. Creative. Effective. Engaging. Targeted. Valuable. …
A hairy dance with time
I feel like a tree My white hair, my lovely ‘canas’, have made me into a tree Each cana is …