Tag Archives: George Cruikshank

house hunting troubles?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Dave

The Duke of Wellington’s search for a palace. So you think you’re having house hunting troubles? Then consider the woes of Britain’s greatest hero. All he wanted was a little place in the country to stretch out… The public of … Continue reading →

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charity is the greatest luxury

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Dave

The poverty industry. Reinforcing destitution and economic ruin wherever it plants its well heeled foot. The spin is all about helping the poor reach empowerment. Ending the viscous cycle.But really, as Thorstein Veblen observed over a hundred years ago, most … Continue reading →

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shall we dance a slow one

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Dave

The American flag floating over every square foot of North America, clear to the North Pole. The ancient ghosts of annexation have always haunted Canadians that reciprocity would engulf the country. To America, Canada is seen as useful, as well … Continue reading →

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London calling : just leave a message

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Dave

To the overwhelming majority of Brits, of all races, creeds and colors, well off or in poverty, a fundamental change in social structure, is probably just as unthinkable as it was to those English citizens in the eighteenth-century. But, as … Continue reading →

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Cannes Festival: return from elba

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Dave

After his daring escape from Elba in 1815, the Emperor Napoleon landed at Golfe-Juan.It was his last great adventure before Waterloo, and it can be looked back as a tragic comedy. He set out for Cannes at midnight, taking three … Continue reading →

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REGAL MORTGAGE CRISIS: Princely Bling

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Dave

This is the era of the Napoleonic Wars, of the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of Trafalgar, and the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Nelson. The waltz was a scandalous new dance craze, and stylish women cropped their hair … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous | Tagged Admiral Nelson, Alan Bennett, Byron, Charles James Fox, Dorothy Marshall, Duke of Wellington, Francis Willis, George Cruikshank, Gillray, Henry Holland, Humphrey Repton, James Gillray, Jeremy Black, John Nash, King George III, Lord Byron, Mrs. Fitzherbert, Prince George, Prince Regent George IV, Regency Crisis, Robert Cruikshank, S.P. Cockerell, Sir Walter Scott, Stephen Schieff, Thomas Rowlandson, William Hogarth, William Porden | Leave a comment

DIDO FORSAKEN: Duties of the Ruling Class

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dave

Peter Barnes gained almost instant recognition, from relative obscurity with his play “The Ruling Class” in the late 1960′s. The play came at the height of the 1960s counterculture movement, when the youth of the western world began to openly … Continue reading →

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BETRAYED BY GUILT: MORDANT THEMES & PATHOLOGICAL DREAMS

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Dave

”’Dickens novels are not about violence, but they have a great deal of violence in them — physical violence, psychic violence, obsession, cruelty, abuse, the works,” says Steven Marcus, George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University and the … Continue reading →

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''A MODEST PROPOSAL'' BECAUSE SIZE DOES MATTER

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Dave

”How many here have thought of converting to being a Cannibal if the setting was right ? Do you eat healthy as a cannibal ? I mean say there is some fat people …do you go towards them to eat … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Aztec Human Sacrifice, Beth Conklin, Botero, Brian Bull, British caricature, cannibalism, Carlos Fuentes, Circus World Museum in Baraboo, Daniel Lambert, Emile Selbach, Fernando Botero, George Cruikshank, Harold Huge, Isaac Cruikshank, James Gillray, john Lambert, Jonathan Swift, Obesity, Thomas Rowlandson | Leave a comment

MONSTERS FROM THE DREAM OF REASON

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Dave

After his release from prison in November, 1703, for his satiric and incendiary pamphlet, ” The Shortest Way With the Dissenters”, Danel Defoe became a government spy, the tool of the people who had him freed, mistrusted and hated where … Continue reading →