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Shorts
Mona Who?
Isis looks at the role of an audacious 1911 theft in starting the legend of this iconic painting. Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of Internet Poetry
What if someone were to tell you that practically everything on the internet – from LOLcats to facebook chat conversations, from Viagra adverts in spam e-mails to inane tweets – was potentially of poetic value? That bloggers, and creators of … Continue reading
Menstrual Taboos
“Contact with menstrual blood turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die… Even that very tiny creature the ant is said to be sensitive to it,” wrote the Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder in his … Continue reading
The Right Kind of Madness
image credit: flickr, ashley rose There is something that doesn’t quite add up in the ‘reality TV’ industry. As a sector, it is very anxious to cover its tracks: applicants agree not to disclose any aspect of the selection process … Continue reading
McWeddings
Since 1 January this year, one branch of the fast food chain has been offering wives, as well as fries, with meals. Continue reading
Stuck! Stuck! Stuck!
The movement against conceptual art, complete with clown costumes. Continue reading
Sanfermines
They call them los mozos. This can be translated, variously, as a man who is brave, foolish, or in a hurry. Queasy with nerves in the early-morning sun, I’m not too sure which of the former I feel, but I’m … Continue reading
