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Rhys Terfel Talog: the April Fool

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Time to fess up: not a word of it was true. I hope you enjoyed my April Fool. Here are the correct details for those wonderful paintings.

April 2, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Comical Canvases: Humour in paintings 2

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Humorous paintings of animals and children, and well-known stories such as Salome, and Don Quixote, leading to an inspiration for Surrealists.

March 14, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Comical Canvases: Humour in paintings 1

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It’s unusual and difficult to make humorous paintings. Here’s a fine selection from Bosch, Brueghel and Rubens to the late 19th century.

March 13, 2021 General, Life, Painting

Only When I Laugh: laughter in paintings 2

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Several wonderful paintings by Lovis Corinth, a couple by Franz von Stuck and Robert Henri – let laughter commence.

June 14, 2020 General, Life, Painting

Only When I Laugh: laughter in paintings 1

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Ever noticed how stern everyone looks in paintings? Here are some exceptions from Frans Hals, Murillo, Vermeer and others.

June 13, 2020 General, Life, Painting

How well did I forecast?

Did any of the predictions I made on New Year’s Day work out? Some proved to be spookily accurate after all.

July 30, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

A cunning plan to solve the Brexit problem

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So England and Wales want (possibly) to leave the EU, but the rest of the UK does not. How can we solve that impossipuzzle?

July 15, 2016 General, Life

Huw Wystan Jones: the April Fool

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An explanation and apology for yesterday’s April foolery: and the paintings correctly attributed.

April 2, 2016 General, Language, Life, Painting

Amazon wants me to stay in

Thanks, Amazon. I guess I’ll just have to stay in for the next two weeks, then.  

February 29, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Has the Edinburgh University Press invented the hardback eBook?

A very odd pricing structure for a new book.

January 5, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

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