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Meditations on Skripal

Posted on April 11, 2018 by jimmie

Parisians, and those who roam the streets of Paris to take upon themselves the Frenchness of things, will no doubt know or remember the elegant, historic and fashionable Place Vendome. There is a history in all men’s lives(1) and in what they built. In the instance, however, I only refer to the Duke of Vendome, Read More

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Orlando’s Horror

Posted on June 16, 2016 by jimmie

Twill vex thy soul to hear what I shall speak; for I must talk of murders… Titus Andronicus, act 5, sc. 1 I will not repeat comments and reflections on the Orlando massacre. Rather, I will follow an imaginary trail from the denouement to the origins of the horror – or I should say horrors, Read More

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Shakespeare, Islam and Charlie-Hebdo

Posted on January 9, 2015 by jimmie

“…For mine own good, All causes shall give way: I am in blood Stepp’d in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o’er” Macbeth, act 3, sc. 4) First of all, I should apologize to my 25 readers for dealing with a subject that already generated millions of Read More

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