Tag Archives: Henry Mayhew

crime is remarkably pragmatic

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dave

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) the dark sleazy underbelly of the victorian cultural era criminal is extremely well-chronicled in this old dog-eared paperback book (found in a thrift store for 50¢.) written by Kellow Chesney (great name, eh?), The Victorian … Continue reading →

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cockney: semantics and the glottal stop

Posted on March 25, 2012 by Dave

Argot. Jargon. The charm and bane of the vernacular. If anyone is sensitive about accent, its the English. Accent being a key marking point of where to place the individual on the pecking order of a society ultra-conscious of class … Continue reading →

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rummage sale for the unruling class

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Dave

Its called the Kate effect. It means that anything she is seen wearing is a sure-fire sellout within hours of its public appearance. Those who know her wardrobe in advance can reap millions. Now, they royal couple can be wheeled … Continue reading →

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every day is the year of the rat

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Dave

Its the dark side of the Indian dream for those who do not live in the youthful promise of freshly minted millionaires and the Bollywood ideal of the ideal Indian and his possessions, taking in a cricket match in fresh … Continue reading →

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london calling…across the folly ditch

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Dave

Jacob’s Island was one of the most notorious of the riverside slums in early Victorian England. Accessible only by rickety wooden bridges that spanned odorous and oozy ditches, Jacob’s Island was a noisome enclave of decaying houses whose windows, windows … Continue reading →

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FRENCH KISS IN THE DERRIERE: SKINNING THE RATS

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Dave

He whose image we offer you, And whose art, subtle above all others’, Teaches us to laugh at ourselves, That man, reader, is a sage. –Charles Baudelaire, Verses in Honor of the Portrait of Monsieur Honoré Daumier The technique of … Continue reading →