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The Portmanteau Press

The Portmanteau Press

If the latest portmanteau is to be taken seriously – Grexit, a combination of the words Greece and exit referring... View Article

Review of ‘Oppenheimer’ by Tom Morton-Smith, RSC, Swan Theatre

Review of ‘Oppenheimer’ by Tom Morton-Smith, RSC, Swan Theatre

How do we depict the past? One way is to travel along the byways of hindsight, to remember with knowing... View Article

What are stories worth: a quick note

What are stories worth: a quick note

I recently read an article by Lincoln Allison titled Are Novels a Waste of Life?. The question of the title... View Article

Review of ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’ by William Maxwell

Review of ‘So Long, See You Tomorrow’ by William Maxwell

In Virginia Woolf’s experimental novel The Waves, the wistful Bernard reflects “I have lost friends, some by death […] others... View Article

The Wedded Rocks of Japan

The Wedded Rocks of Japan

If one abides by mythology, the islands of Japan were born of the spirits Izanagi and Izanami in a moment... View Article

What is Abstration in Art?

What is Abstration in Art?

One story that left an impression on me who was the tale of the mapmakers as told by Jorge Luis... View Article

The Curious Intonation of Adam Curtis

The Curious Intonation of Adam Curtis

In his recent film Bitter Lake about the recent history of Afghanistan, Adam Curtis tells us we all need stories... View Article

Serif: Lettering With Style?

Serif: Lettering With Style?

To serif or not to serif? The small projecting barbs on the ends of letters that indicate more than mere... View Article

Max Slevogt’s “Visions” at Leicester’s New Walk Gallery

Max Slevogt’s “Visions” at Leicester’s New Walk Gallery

I recently had the pleasure of visiting the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery in Leicester. Enjoying this very fine... View Article

A few words on writing short stories

A few words on writing short stories

Recently I’ve been thinking about what impels me to write the type of short stories I write….. so here are... View Article

Point of View: Why I’d rather be a writer than a politician

Point of View: Why I’d rather be a writer than a politician

What do we hear when a politician speaks? What do we expect to hear? Whatever we think about the political... View Article

Review of “BBC Four Goes Abstract: When Art Broke Free”

Review of “BBC Four Goes Abstract: When Art Broke Free”

Does it matter if an abstract painting is hung the wrong way up? This question is not as facetious as... View Article

One Film I Wish I Could See (but probably never will)

One Film I Wish I Could See (but probably never will)

Before the internet, you had to go much greater lengths to hunt things down. Libraries were held in higher regard... View Article

A strange case of Durdle Dor

A strange case of Durdle Dor

We spent the weekend in on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, there with some friends on what appears to... View Article

Review of ‘Candide’ Adapted by Mark Ravehill, RSC, Swan Theatre

Review of ‘Candide’ Adapted by Mark Ravehill, RSC, Swan Theatre

Anyone who is familiar with Voltaire’s satirical classic Candide will recall the calamitous, if not frankly pernicious, series of trials... View Article

Review of Marat/Sade at the RSC

Review of Marat/Sade at the RSC

In his 1938 book The Theatre and Its Double (Le Théâtre et son Double) , French dramatist and actor Antonin... View Article

Review of “False Warnings” by Rita Gabrowska, at Gallery 150

Review of “False Warnings” by Rita Gabrowska, at Gallery 150

There was a time when abstract painting was all the rage. Perhaps never quite de rigueur, but in a more... View Article

Mischievous Folk: “What the folk say” at Compton Verney

Mischievous Folk: “What the folk say” at Compton Verney

Compton Verney has raided its own collection of folk art in an attempt to open up its collection to new... View Article

Review of public artwork: “Spring” by Oliver Barratt

Review of public artwork: “Spring” by Oliver Barratt

Oliver Barratt’s sculpture, Spring, is a bright and fulsome tribute to the influence of water. Its signature is the uninterrupted... View Article

Two Paintings in the Leamington Spa Art Gallery

Two Paintings in the Leamington Spa Art Gallery

– A discussion of Summer by Winifred Nicholson and The Pulpit by Roger Fry. The artist Winifred Nicholson once wrote... View Article

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