Jamie is more an antique Roman than a Dane. He is straight and slender, and more than common tall. He is ill at reckoning, but he knows a hawk from a handsaw and is advised what he says, neither disturbed with the effect of wine nor heady-rash, provoked with raging ire. He is an unfee'd lawyer, but not covetous for gold. He is a foe to tyrants. He is not gamesome, and does lack some part of that quick spirit that is in Antony. He loves not wisely but too well. He is a better scholar than he thought he was, so he'll call for pen and ink and write his mind.
articles
- This song is why Dar Williams' When I was a boy inspires a mixture of analysis and over-sharing.
- 'The noble revolt' by John Adamson The remarkable story, masterfully told, of the English revolution that almost was.
- Thoughts on cold storage A government consultation prompts questions about public libraries.
- Counter-factual criticism Is it helpful to ask how a work of art might have been different?
- A brand new Random Review Jamie revives an old Ferretbrain format and, characteristically, makes it longer and more wordy.
- Not wanting and wanting not How the English language is making it difficult for politicians to comment on the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
playpen posts
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at 18:33 on 26-07-2010
No, no not the English degree! I surrender!
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at 18:22 on 26-07-2010
I lack strong feelings about Joss Whedon, but I think maybe some people around here have some? This person here</...
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at 18:37 on 24-07-2010
I'm sorry my obtuseness and irrationality have caused you such frustration. ;)
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at 15:18 on 24-07-2010
I don't know how you guys feel about this conversation at this point. I'm ambivalent, or perhaps even polyvalent. On the one hand there are a few things I'm quite keen to respond to,...
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at 16:28 on 23-07-2010
The tool isn't the pronoun, the tool is the distinction between singular and plural pronouns. Which would inevitably be discarded by using 'they' routinely as a singular pronoun. I g...
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at 13:51 on 23-07-2010
Other business: Steven Moffat's reboot of Sherlock Holmes sounds quite promising. Front Row <a href="http://beta.bbc.co.u...
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comments
- 11:20, 25-07-2010 on The Reading Canary: Sovereign Stone:
... a sort of sinister ninja butler.
Want! permalink - 15:30, 24-07-2010 on Ferretbrain Presents the TeXt Factor Episode Eleven – The Final!:
It's comforting to think that the last episode isn't really the end of the competition, it's just the beginning of the entertain...
permalink - 15:07, 22-07-2010 on Ferretbrain Presents the TeXt Factor Episode Eleven – The Final!:
Lol.
permalink - 13:40, 22-07-2010 on Ferretbrain Presents the TeXt Factor Episode Eleven – The Final!:
I don't think it's entirely realistic to expect a showdown between Marian and Fosco because when you get right down ...
permalink - 14:01, 21-07-2010 on Ferretbrain Presents the TeXt Factor Episode Eleven – The Final!:
(There should have been an 'is' at some point between 'when the book' and 'blatantly response' in the last sentence of my first ...
permalink - 13:59, 21-07-2010 on Ferretbrain Presents the TeXt Factor Episode Eleven – The Final!:
That's terribly counterfactual, isn't it? ;)
Touché! Yeah, I thought about that, and it is to... permalink
