Ambrose Pierce:"Kill not, abet not those who kill. Thou shalt not pay thy butcher's bill.&
I’m watching – through the glories of the BBC’s new iPlayer – a show that seemed to completely escape me for its first series. It’s...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
On the Expectation of Kindness
John, my AP, who’s just been rescued from a ditch by some helpful passing builders who spotted his stranded car: ‘Yeah, the fruit of...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
“to interpret the world’s things as if they were our dreams deprives the world of its d
Came back from two weeks up in Scotland and the Lakes to poignant decay in the house. It was a powerful fortnight away. Didn’t really...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20194 min read
ascolta: irrompono angeli a volte
The South Bank redeemed itself less than 4 hours after Ms. Redgrave. I meant to go and hear it on Friday, but I noticed, grabbing a...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20196 min read
Gesang ist Dasein. Für den Gott ein Leichtes.
Since I was 17 I’ve been carrying around the Picador edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s selected poetry. It’s black and white with a little...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Rheingold! Rheingold!
Rheingold! Rheingold! Went to the opera twice in the last 7 days. Which is a bit of an event. It’s partly to do with this new job with...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Cape Town
Cape Town Back from 2 week vacation in Cape Town which was totally reviving. It’s amazing how unknowable levels of stress are in London....
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
draft gOd
As for the benefits of my three journies with the Plant this year, the most significant was my re-discovery of God(s). I lost my faith in...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20193 min read
Surfing
I have fled the never-ending English Winter for an instant, well-established Spring in Cyprus. And sitting among the purple vetches and...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
ICH BIN SUPERFANTASTISCH. ICH TRINKE SHAMPUS MIT LACHSFISCH
God! I went to see Franz Ferdinand last night. They were totally, totally fabulous. Almost as good as Radiohead 2 years ago and that’s...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Wie eine Frucht von süssigkeit und dunkel, so war sie voll von ihrem großen Tode, der also neu war,
THIS WAY: UNDERWORLD Pound on the return of Ulysses to the dead: The ocean flowing backward, came we then to the place Aforesaid by...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Leonard in st. james
LEONARD IN ST. JAMES Had an hour to kill in town and rather than continue the conspicuous consumption I’ve been indulging in recently, I...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Be more susan sontag
BE MORE SUSAN SONTAG In memory of the late, great Susan S. my friend Mac and I added another resolution to our list: to be more Sontag....
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Winter fug
WINTER FUG It’s a perfectly dull winter afternoon and I refuse to go outside and do anything. Instead of answering all those phone calls...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Polska Polska
Polska Polska Just back from a 4 day jaunt to Krakow. It’s weird being back somewhere that was so significant in my life after a 12 year...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20194 min read
THE HISTORY BOYS
After a year I finally bought myself a £10 matinee ticket and went to see this Alan Bennet play at the National. Strange, I’d always...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Der weisse Gott, aus dessen Spucke alle wächst,steigt Puls auf Pulsschlag höher in mir auf
The Proms! the Proms! How I love the Proms when they come to the Royal Albert Hall every summer. 70+ concerts in 50 odd days and every...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Seven Days in one evening
This incredible sunset right after the premiere of Tom Adès‘ and Tal Rosner‘s “in 7 Days”. It was a like a Blakean smash of light over...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
O O O that CA-CAnadian Rag
Whisked off to Toronto last week to talk to W Networks about a possible new show out there in the Land of the Freer. I’d forgotten how...
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