René Magritte, Man with a Newspaper, 1928, originally uploaded by The Whitworth Art Gallery. René Magritte’s Man with a Newspaper (Tate London, 1928) is currently exhibited as a part of Subversi...
“Well, now you know that your cat has nine lives, baby, Nine lives to itself. You’ve only got one, and the dog’s life isn’t fun. Mamma, take a look outside” -John Lennon,...
Update: When I wrote this post at the end of September 2006, just over a month after I started blogging, I wouldn’t know that in nearly three years time it would have become one of the most read...
If you follow me on Twitter, you already know that I was all excited about going to Tina Turner’s concert at MEN Arena on Friday, 3rd of April 2009 (as were a few of my colleagues and fellow Twe...
Update: a National Geographic video report about Nicola Barbatelli’s discovered portrait of Leonardo. Yes, again on the subject of Leonardo’s portraits, for there is an exhibition currentl...
Is there a subject for a song that Beatles never covered? They sang about Lady Madonna, Nowhere Man, Fool on the Hill, and This Boy. They composed songs about Lovely Rita, Michelle, Eleanor Rigby, and...
I am sure all of us have been missing dearly the Polnareffienne’s additions… well, no more now! In fact, we should be grateful to a friend of mine who sent me an email about Sweet Transves...
It may be strange or not, but the road to my discovery of Rocky Horror Picture Show was paved by Mina Mazzini. Or rather, by her spectacular cover of Sweet Transvestite. For those of us who are Mina&#...
The 2009 Manchester International Festival (2-19 July 2009) full programme goes up live on the site tomorrow, Thursday 19th of March, at 2pm. The tickets will be on sale from 3pm on the same day. Firs...
The day I started blogging (24 August 2006) I felt so enthusiastic about it that I produced 5 (!) posts. One of them was the reaction to a news report about Pluto being relegated from the Planet leagu...