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illustration showing a man on a chair, seemingly unconscious, as a woman stands near him with her arms stretched out at him. rays flow from her fingertips into the man's chest

Like this one from 1856, of a wife magnetising her husband, subverting usual gendered depictions of magnetism

(Private collection)

The book is a nineteenth-century history of animal magnetism. Chapters centre on magnetism as performance, or rather as a wide range of performative practices that depended on specific cultural circumstances and on the unstable dynamics between performer and audience

Good morning to the cranky poets only

strange how we have turned our conurbations into constellations, an artificial microcosm of our galaxy

Noah's Ark, Turkish Miniature from the early 20th century

Got this collection last week from No Alibis Bookstore, Belfast's best bookshop. Am completely bowled over by it (by Pulse, yes, but also by the fabulosity of No Alibis). Last page of first story.

A pair of thorgam doors, Tibet, 18th-19th century. Wood

The artwork depicts a lithe figure, frequently characterized as a human-plant hybrid. It is noted for a long neck and a flowering branch emerging from the subject. It was shown by Gallery Wendi Norris at Art Basel, emphasizing its importance within her surrealist portfolio. It aligns with her common themes of magical, occult, and mythical beings.

Leonora Carrington :
Portrait of Madam Dupin, 1947-49

oil-on-panel
18 x 6.25 in | 45.72 x 15.88 cm

This delicate work highlights her post-1942 Mexican maturity, featuring a mystical transformation and symbolic nature.

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Ramona Gregory • Dock To The Moon • night Venticelli •

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The Second day of Creation according to the book of Genesis. From The Nuremberg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel, circa 1493

This is a genuinely mindblowing combination. 1) Deliberately false information, 2) promoted in schools, 3) using public money, 4) in the service of private profits, 5) at the cost of our collapsing ecosystem.

Inverse relationship : Spousal poisoning v. Divorce

Spousal poisoning v. Divorce

The act of cooking would be a lot more relaxing if my hands weren't made of meat

"[...] an agricultural model that has become narrow in its focus and operation. The pressures are structural; they are not going away any time soon.

There is a need to focus on the deeper issues facing agriculture and land use in Ireland."

Me, trying on different outfits in prep for the Belfast launch this evening.

Chats with Uno

Oil painting of a woman with bobbed red hair wearing a purple dress and holding a Molotov cocktail. At the bottom are the words "burn it down."

Artist: Amanda Blake (oil painting)

Meme of Samuel Beckett using the photo of him taken by Jane Bown, just his b/w face top left against a black background. He says “I can’t go on”. Then, on the right, Mrs Doyle from Father Ted says “Ah, go on”. Then, below left, Beckett says “I’ll go on”

So, happy 120th anniversary of Samuel Beckett’s birth to all who celebrate

He was on holiday in Tunisia when his publisher gave him the catastrophic news: "In spite of everything, they have given you the Nobel Prize". He went into hiding in the desert.

„How privileged you are, to be passionately clinging to what you love; the forfeit of hope has not destroyed you.“

Louise Gluck

Two woman side by side. One reaches for a towel. The other holds a white basin.

Artist: Alison Watt

"After the Bath" (1989)

Gare St. Lazare Ireland: The Last Tape

For Beckett fans, at New Music Dublin 2026: The Last Tape is a hybrid adaptation of Marcel Mihalovici’s chamber opera in one act, with a libretto by Samuel Beckett, based on his play Krapp’s Last Tape. Sun April 19th NCH, 3:30pm www.newmusicdublin.ie/new-music-du...

Kind of you, Jo, thanks! 😁

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