“I was suddenly struck by the appearance of a tall, elegant personage in mouse-gray, waving a well-gloved hand in my direction as he emerged swiftly from the green shadow of the chestnut trees into…

I find myself thinking a lot about this film lately, but that is nothing new as I usually watch it several times each year. If you haven’t yet seen the 1973 Polish film The Hourglass Sanatori…

Julia Margaret Cameron, ‘So like a shatter’d Column lay the King’ (The Passing of Arthur), 1875. Albumen print, 34 x 27 cm. Source: © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. “I longed to arr…

Louis Anquetin, L’Avenue de Clichy, cinq heures du soir, 1887 I have only just discovered this hauntingly beautiful painting by Louis Anquetin. Entitled L’Avenue de Clichy, cinq heures …

Kay Nielsen, In Powder and Crinoline, 1912 Kay Rasmus Nielsen was born into a family of artists in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1886. With both parents being actors, and his mother, Oda Nielsen, one of t…

Rick Guidice Careful engineering and cost analysis shows we can build pleasant, self-sufficient dwelling places in space within the next two decades, solving many of Earth’s problems. – Gerar…

John William Waterhouse, The Siren, 1900 “It is the most romantic of all arts, and we could almost say the only truly romantic one because its only subject is the infinite. Just as Orpheus’ l…

Lucrezia Borgia’s hair, Ambrosiana Library in Milan “On Seeing a Hair of Lucretia Borgia” Borgia, thou once wert almost too augustAnd high for adoration;—now thou’rt dust!Al…

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The 1964 hit "As Tears Go By," penned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, made her a star, but Marianne Faithfull demonstrated a remarkable ability to change with the times.

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