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Month: April 2013

what are the economic benefits of the arts? (QOTW)

Mon, Apr 29, 2013
14 comments

Sure, people who come out to visit a museum will probably spend money in shops and restaurants. But might attending a live-music gig make someone less likely to cheat on their taxes?

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London photo of the day: a very handsome boy indeed

Sun, Apr 28, 2013
4 comments

Neighborhood cat Alfie…

| 4 Comments

fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Apr 20-26 2013

Sun, Apr 28, 2013
4 comments

Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…

| 4 Comments

London photo of the day: cherry tree in bloom

Sat, Apr 27, 2013
4 comments

So the tree in the back garden of my new house that has been so sad and bare all winter turns out to be a cherry tree…

| 4 Comments

like if George Orwell wrote Life on Mars

Sat, Apr 27, 2013
3 comments

Or if Monty Python wrote 1984…

| 3 Comments

how they’re selling Iron Man 3 in India

Sat, Apr 27, 2013
no comments yet

With magnificent and deeply odd hand-drawn posters like this one…

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what is the most banal tweet imaginable? (QOTW)

Sat, Apr 27, 2013
7 comments

And what could it be code for?

| 7 Comments

London photo of the day: fairy tale idyll?

Sat, Apr 27, 2013
2 comments

Nope. Wood Green Crown Court.

| 2 Comments

making sitcom lemonade (Love Is All You Need review)

Fri, Apr 26, 2013
1 comment

What starts out as conventional dramedy becomes a charming, wise story about making the most of whatever life throws at you…

| 1 Comment

porn again? (The Look of Love review)

Fri, Apr 26, 2013
1 comment

It’s a puzzlement. How did Michael Winterbottom make a film this tediously conservative?

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