The most amazing thing just landed in my inbox. It was AnOther Magazine’s newsletter, click [here] for their site, and normally I skim these things for occasional gems and today something caught my eye. Betty Page was a fascinating character of whom tons has been written about without me sticking my oar in. If you [...]
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I came across this just now and was really struck by it. It’s from a Russian film called ‘Mirror’ by Andrei Tartovsky. I’m not familiar with his work but, in quite an obvious way, it really reminded me of some David Lynch short films I watched recently. Those in turn are heavily influenced by the [...]
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I can’t believe I only just discovered Isabella Rossellini’s mental educational shorts on the subject of animal mating practises (thanks to Twitter user Manalicream for pointing me towards them, follow him [here] for tales of China, cats and other unusual bits and bobs). They are utterly insane but totally beguiling and it’s not just the [...]
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Last Saturday I went to Haunch Of Venison to see their Polly Morgan exhibit Psychopomps. I love collecting antique taxidermy (I know a lot of people find that strange but meh) and the thought of seeing an artist who works with taxidermy is an idea I find fascinating. Sadly, there was little work by her [...]
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