L.S.Lowry’s cave paintings
The Lowry exhibition at Tate Britain has provoked a critical response which often says more about the critic than the artist. For John Barrell, writing in the London Review of … Continue reading
September 4, 2013 · Leave a comment
Alfred Jarry
Most people know Alfred Jarry, if they know him at all, as the author of Ubu Roi. But he also wrote novels and once made a guest appearance in a … Continue reading
April 20, 2013 · Leave a comment
Chandler’s Inferno
Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was born in Chicago, moved to London with his mother, was educated at Dulwich College, became a British citizen, worked at the Admiralty, went back to America, … Continue reading
March 16, 2013 · Leave a comment
Stephen King’s debt to Tolstoy
All the time I was reading Stephen King’s novella, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, I had the feeling I had read it before. I hadn’t and I hadn’t seen … Continue reading
March 8, 2013 · 2 Comments
