“American Hustle”: ****
Yes, it's a doubtful four stars - a tentative, deniable accolade. But there was lots to like about this movie... Read more...
Richard D North.
On culture, Nature, liberal issues, monasticism, spiritualityPage 20 of all posts
de Botton & misreading “The News”
I have disagreed with most of what I have read of Alain de Botton's work over the years and am not likely to read his latest, The News: A user's manual. In case you do, here is my take on what I understand him to be saying, so you can judge for yourself. In other words, here's a user's manual to his book. Read more...
Poem: A comic Knight
This poems tries to catch how scraps of childhood memory are such an important living background. Read more...
Poem: More arrows
It's curious how youthful optimism hasn't dimmed: I have been around long enough to be sceptical of achieving much now, but my aspirations are neither reduced nor feverish, so far as a I can see. Read more...
Poem: Obituary
Don't we all wonder how our lives will be assessed when we die? Read more...
Poem: Being quite trim
For a couple of years I have been what's called careful about what I eat, and have taken quite a lot of exercise. I wrote this as a kind of vanitas. Read more...
Poem: Love poem #1
Here is the first of a tranche of poems I wrote in 1996 for Valerie, who became my wife in 2013. Read more...
Poem: Love poem #2
This is the second of a tranche of love poems from 1996. Read more...
Poem: Love poem #3
This is the third of a tranche of love poems from 1996. Read more...
Poem: Love poem #4
This is the fourth and last of a tranche of love poems from 1996 Read more...