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CHRISTMAS IN JULY: AND A MAGI IN A PEAR TREE

Hans Memling’s ”The Seven Joys of  Mary” is a pageant as much as a painting, a dramatization of holy events in a landscape that might accommodate the revelry of a midsummer eve. Exactly what is going on is hard to … Continue reading

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THE MEN WITH A THORN IN THEIR SIDE

”… about the boom in political satire in France. On that subject, you might remember how Stéphane Guillon, Sarko’s imitator on France-Inter radio, upset the president with his impertinence.As predicted here, Sarkozy has just made it known that he wants … Continue reading

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