taking things literary

the other week, i was listening to the radio and heard an interview about virginia woolf, the role of the character in narrative and a woman she called "mrs brown"

it was wonderful to hear someone talk about virginia woolf, it was wonderful hearing an intelligent and articulate voice, melba cuddy-keane, a canadian scholar, it was good to be hearing with my "literary, intellectual" head - something i haven't bothered with for ages

mr bennett and mrs brown: virgina woolf on character in the novel (ramona koval, radio national)

transcript and audio linked

the book, Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual and the Public Sphere, by melba cuddy-keane

and then again the other night, an interview with james shapiro discussing his book, contested will: who wrote shakespeare?

less academic, more anecdotal, just as intriguing

contesting william shakespeare (late night live, radio national)

transcript and audio linked

people writing about the book -

in the independent

in punch

i like a cock a too

oh, dear, cockie lust has been excited by this image in the design files' interview with lucy fenton

an impusle to find out just how much a cockie lamp stand would cost?

ouch

luckily, i have other cockies to keep me happy,

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans

i was thinking about this
because i haven't been updating this blog very much.
i've been busy elsewhere

and the winner is ... sydaney

ah juan anotonio

it may not be politick to mention cities/countries being awarded mega-sporting events, as australia's world cup bid is brought down by qatar (achoo), but i happened to be in sydney this week for work

broken heart, ricky maynard

i didn't manage to hop on a ferry

...

or down a schooner

...

two things which i think it is essential to do when in sydney

i didn't even see the bridge or the house!

here is alternative kind of opera house,

i did get to the nsw gallery, though, and saw some regulars, as well as the art + soul exhibition (as seen on tv!!)

i saw a few people listening to commentary, but i was only doing a quick whip around,

some commentary online

mum has asked for the book (associated with the documentary) for christmas, a good present i think.

gallery guards were swarming like flies so i couldn't take many illegal gallery photos and those i did manage were pretty piss-poor as i pretended i was texting when really i was snapping off shots