Sir Frederick is moving house – surprisingly erudite removalists hauling crates upon crates of hats, the usual business. He presents to fill the unsightly gap this piece originally posted on Po’Boy. What is progress? (Sounds like a pamphlet, doesn’t it? “What is Progress: On the Sorrows of Tooth Decay.” Probably involving a radium-based cure. Er, [...]
Lettres
Wherein the Author reflects upon certain topical & personal issues of the Day.
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The Ossuarial Odium of Nicholas of Myra
Posted upon the 30th of December, 2010
Like a (SIMILE EXPUNGED), Christmas has come and gone, and I’m left slightly stunned by the usual madness, though not entirely without goodwill to all. One thing I have been wondering – and will probably wonder forever more – is why there’s so little attention to the legendry behind the holiday. There’s the standard children’s [...]
On the Kingdom of Life
Posted upon the 26th of December, 2010
“DUDLEY-PIKESTAFF: Sir Mayn- Sir- the most unexpected discovery, I mean, the balance of powers, the theological implications alone! The Monarch, and the pirates; the w-w-worst excesses of the Civil War did not..!” If you’ve been reading Po’Boy and following the adventures of that disquieted diplomatic, Terrence Dudley-Pikestaff, then you’ll know he’s just made the most [...]
Travellers, Revellers, Caves & Masquerades
Posted upon the 30th of November, 2010
I have a bevy of wonderful links for you all! First up, there are two new posts on Po’Boy! “Reports from the Kingdom of Life, Part 1,” the beginning of a Utopian travelogue in an artistic enclave, and “Bad Jobs,” a discussion of the regrettable things we do for the crust. Did you know that [...]
Po’Boy and the Arcane Practices of History
Posted upon the 21st of November, 2010
My old chum Andrew has a new project which you really should see – a marvellous mag which goes by the name of Po’Boy! You can already read my debut article there – So You’ve Travelled Back In Time, a string of antique conchiolin deposits of wisdom for the cautious Connecticut Yankee. I thought I [...]
Euchronia, and, The Interview In Full
Posted upon the 24th of October, 2010
Heigh ho, all! If you haven’t seen it already, I have some very good news for you! Euchronia – Melbourne’s steampunk ball par excellence, whose success in its 2008 run can only be described as ‘frabjous’ – returns this year, this time transforming The Substation Arts Centre, Newport (a hair’s breadth from Newport station, on [...]
Hegel: An Analogy of Hegel
Posted upon the 12th of October, 2010
Georg Hegel is very likely the world’s best-known philosopher of history (though not, if I might be candid, the world’s best philosopher of history.) Of course, in some circles, Hegel is chiefly remembered for influencing Marx… and in others, Marx is chiefly remembered for deriving from Hegel. Academia is nothing if not delightfully inconsistent, no? [...]
Dandies in the Underworld and Fops in the Clouds
Posted upon the 26th of September, 2010
Here’s a curious business! A couple of months ago, a writer – Ms Baran-Unland – dropped me a line, explaining that she was working on a novel with a nineteenth-century setting – Bryony, scheduled for publication for the turn of 2011 – and was interested, for research and for the entertainment of the readers of [...]