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Nauseatingly decadent. Not really so, Dr Dish. The member of the circle whose work has arguably had more lasting effect than any of the others (some of his original wallpaper designs are still available) was the designer, painter and writer William Morris, who was one of the first British socialists and founded the Socialist League, forerunner of the Labour Party. Pre-Raphaelite painting was itself an explicit rejection of what the artists saw as the decedent and mannered art of their time. However quaint their pictures might look now they were considered as quite subversive in their time. To be strictly accurate, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood consisted of John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and William Holman-Hunt. William Morris was the prime mover of the Arts and Crafts movement. |
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Click me -> About meor me -> my handmade storeNo, I'm not a complete idiot. I'm only a halfwit. In fact I'm actually a catfish. |
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Nauseatingly decadent. Not really so, Dr Dish. The member of the circle whose work has arguably had more lasting effect than any of the others (some of his original wallpaper designs are still available) was the designer, painter and writer William Morris, who was one of the first British socialists and founded the Socialist League, forerunner of the Labour Party. Pre-Raphaelite painting was itself an explicit rejection of what the artists saw as the decedent and mannered art of their time. However quaint their pictures might look now they were considered as quite subversive in their time. To be strictly accurate, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood consisted of John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and William Holman-Hunt. William Morris was the prime mover of the Arts and Crafts movement. Quite so. But to be pedantic myself for a moment, I did deliberately use the word "circle", which would include not just Morris but other associated artists like Burne-Jones and Madox Brown, rather than referring to the exclusive Brotherhood proper.  |
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« Reply #228 on: 15:09:56, 19-09-2007 » |
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There`s always one, isn`t there?  I wonder idly if this requires, in some sense, the convention of the existence of the empty set. |
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« Reply #229 on: 12:35:45, 24-09-2007 » |
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the solo cello in David Matthews's Concerto in Azzuro Beg pardon? |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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opi, it's not only daft, it's also just plain wrong, isn't it? Never come across that in any context that suggests it's acceptable usage.
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opi, it's not only daft, it's also just plain wrong, isn't it? Never come across that in any context that suggests it's acceptable usage.
The man dining "alone" with his daughter does seem illogical but imagine two people (lovers, perhaps) who had finally managed to get away from a crowd. One of them might say to the other: "At last we are alone together." |
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« Reply #232 on: 17:55:41, 24-09-2007 » |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #233 on: 21:56:22, 24-09-2007 » |
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Doesn't that depend on which order the pages are played? Bother. Doesn't that depend on the order in which the pages are played? Better? I really must go shopping now. |
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You needn't feel alone dining alone. Solo-dining is the new gregariousness. http://www.solodining.com/ contains all you need to know from Maya Charles Alexander, the "first and foremost solo dining maven". (Now there's a word that hasn't crossed the Atlantic yet, or at least not bred successfully on arrival.) Anyone remember the great Sid Caesar in the 'Table for one' sketch? It doesn't seem to be on YouTube. |
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« Reply #235 on: 16:32:02, 28-09-2007 » |
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I've just found a sketch of how to turn The Satanic Verses into an opera...
Weird. That's going straight into the recycling box.
Had The Satanic Verses starred two gay cowboys, you'd be in business. Provided you'd be willing to throw in some fellatio and be photographed with your cat, of course. You do have a cat, don't you? Cripes, there's a sentence up there which is crying out for an ambiguity-removing comma before the 'and', much though that be frowned upon in some circles...  Maybe, but then it might make the whole middle clause (is that the correct term?) seem like a comma-enclosed aside, which would in my mind necessitate the moving of the "of course" to after Provided, and the surrounding of it with commas. |
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« Reply #236 on: 16:36:18, 28-09-2007 » |
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"At last we are alone together."
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« Reply #237 on: 16:37:39, 28-09-2007 » |
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I've just found a sketch of how to turn The Satanic Verses into an opera...
Weird. That's going straight into the recycling box.
Had The Satanic Verses starred two gay cowboys, you'd be in business. Provided you'd be willing to throw in some fellatio and be photographed with your cat, of course. You do have a cat, don't you? Cripes, there's a sentence up there which is crying out for an ambiguity-removing comma before the 'and', much though that be frowned upon in some circles... Maybe, but then it might make the whole middle clause (is that the correct term?) seem like a comma-enclosed aside, which would in my mind necessitate the moving of the "of course" to after Provided, and the surrounding of it with commas. Whatever you need to do so that I can uncross my legs again is fine with me. I reckon the 'of course' before the 'and' would also have something going for it... |
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« Reply #238 on: 16:45:14, 28-09-2007 » |
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I've just found a sketch of how to turn The Satanic Verses into an opera...
Weird. That's going straight into the recycling box.
Had The Satanic Verses starred two gay cowboys, you'd be in business. Provided you'd be willing to throw in some fellatio and be photographed with your cat, of course. You do have a cat, don't you? Cripes, there's a sentence up there which is crying out for an ambiguity-removing comma before the 'and', much though that be frowned upon in some circles... Maybe, but then it might make the whole middle clause (is that the correct term?) seem like a comma-enclosed aside, which would in my mind necessitate the moving of the "of course" to after Provided, and the surrounding of it with commas. Whatever you need to do so that I can uncross my legs again is fine with me. Do you have a cat? |
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I've just found a sketch of how to turn The Satanic Verses into an opera...
Weird. That's going straight into the recycling box.
Had The Satanic Verses starred two gay cowboys, you'd be in business. Provided you'd be willing to throw in some fellatio and be photographed with your cat, of course. You do have a cat, don't you? Cripes, there's a sentence up there which is crying out for an ambiguity-removing comma before the 'and', much though that be frowned upon in some circles... Maybe, but then it might make the whole middle clause (is that the correct term?) seem like a comma-enclosed aside, which would in my mind necessitate the moving of the "of course" to after Provided, and the surrounding of it with commas. Whatever you need to do so that I can uncross my legs again is fine with me. Do you have a cat? Not helping. |
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