Monthly Archives: July 2007

America & Europe

Posted on July 18, 2007 by robhunt510

These things vanish into the paid-for archive, so just a taster of this year’s transatlantic position: “HEIDELBERG, Germany — A day after Michael Kingsley arrived in this romantic university town, he was in no mood to savor the cobblestone streets, … Continue reading →

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It is all happening down the road in Padua, and back in Milan

Posted on July 16, 2007 by robhunt510

This all from today’s Daily Telegraph. “An Italian council estate ringed with a steel wall to keep its residents inside will be closed today and its African immigrant residents dispersed despite fears that a planned amnesty for thousands of new … Continue reading →

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Not forgetting…

Posted on July 14, 2007 by robhunt510

Sing along here Or come to London next year for new songs from an old, old story – now updated to Nazi-occupied Paris.

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Europe, with hope

Posted on July 14, 2007 by robhunt510

“Our intellectual potential needs its own spaces, for Europe’s sense of purpose and for Europe’s good. Culture must simply be given the room it needs, without specifying in advance what this room should be. Europe must be prepared to take … Continue reading →

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"Millions to dreams" – here’s one to dream about

Posted on July 14, 2007 by robhunt510

“The culture-rich country lacks a major museum for contemporary work, but in Venice, businessman-art collector François Pinault sets out to correct that.” From today’s LA Times. Venice suddenly seems less daunting. A bit.

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News Alert: The Italian War on Terror

Posted on July 14, 2007 by robhunt510

When asked the secret of his success the world’s greatest comedian interrupts the question to shout: “timing”. I feel a little like the world’s worst reporter today as I read that in Padua, forty kilometres away, terrorist arrests have been … Continue reading →

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* The moment a man begins to talk about technique that’s proof that he is fresh out of ideas

Posted on July 13, 2007 by robhunt510

* The quote is from one of my gods: the American-“anglo” crime writer, Raymond Chandler “…the art of urban civilizations tends to be static, solid, and symmetrical. It is disciplined by the representation of the human body and by the … Continue reading →

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Forwards and back

Posted on July 12, 2007 by robhunt510

“Tis all in peeces, all coherence gone;All just supply, and all Relation” Tom’s friend, John Donne & his poem “Anatomy of the World”. “We sail out of the harbour, and the countries and cities recede” Virgil, The Aeneid The idea … Continue reading →

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Flimsy Perspectives

Posted on July 11, 2007 by robhunt510

The origin of things is wholly the work of that which imagines, thinks, wills, feels. Friedrich Nietzsche. This morning over coffee a young English “classics” post-graduate who is probably going to start an education course in New York this autumn … Continue reading →

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