"Style isn’t something you apply later". Tom Gatti on the joyous nature of the prose of late Martin Amis.
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2024/06/martin-amis-and-the-pursuit-of-pleasure
Martin Amis and the pursuit of pleasure
On 10 June, a year after the death of his friend Martin Amis, Ian McEwan stood in the chancel of St Martin-in-the-Fields church, off Trafalgar Square, reeling off his favourite lines for hundreds of A
"In the meantime, I will be rereading Gibbon." Mike Duncan on the undying allure and often overlooked flaws of "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" —
https://newrepublic.com/article/181667/ruins-edward-gibbons-masterpiece-mike-duncan
In the Ruins of Edward Gibbon’s Masterpiece
“Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire” is an enduring work—just not of history.
Raw, gnashing stoicism has unequivocally won hearts and minds. Last films I’ve seen (Blue Eye Samurai, The Northman, The Revenant) are cut from that cloth. Good entertainment, true, but who’s decided that we — of epicurean, frivolous and decadent dispositions — don’t make for compelling narratives?
@GreatDismal what a precious cutie! Hi there, Wheezy!
What does one do when an unknown posts his new tattoo on social media and the first thing you notice is a spelling mistake?
What would Bladerunner have said?
@timrichards I like it very much, but the criticism does ring true.
Cats of Yore
Alfie Goodrich
