Damien Hirst, ‘For the Love of God’, 2007, platinum, diamonds and human teeth, 171, 127, 190 mm (photo credit: Ilona Gaynor) The optical illusions at work in St Peter’s Basilica aim, unbelievably, to create a more intimate space. When a building’s the size of an aircraft hanger, the roof’s going to feel pretty high, so the threeContinue reading “Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors: Tamar Yoseloff’s A Formula For Night: New and Selected Poems”
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Danse Macabre – Katha Pollitt’s The Mind-Body Problem
As we stood filling the ashtray, a whey-faced seminarian dispensed advice about the forthcoming term at Rome’s Gregorian University. I forget the lecturer’s name, but he’d made quite an impression on my friend, who struggled through the laughter as he related how this nutty priest regarded dance (dance!) as the highest form of expression. AsContinue reading “Danse Macabre – Katha Pollitt’s The Mind-Body Problem”
Poor Rude Lines: poetry reviews & recommendations by John Field 