31 July 2013

PROTEST REBUS

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     We've shown various rebus before - usually French and from the decades either side of 1900. Here is one received today from...
30 July 2013

Suspended S Word

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          FIAPCE _ with apology to Tom Eckersley                          Danger! [ Dangled lure... ) or Damocles and the...
27 July 2013

The S Word

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     "Unsheathe your dagger definitions."  James Joyce, Ulysses        detail  A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/   so...
25 July 2013

Demonstrable X

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             The Lovers    Rene Magritte  1928  Demonstrable Ideograms : Specific-Bonding detail  The Public Service : Theatre of the A...
23 July 2013

morealphabetgrids

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      In recent posts, we've been looking at some alphabet grids : the drunken crosswords of the bowlers at Lord's ( here ) and an...
20 July 2013

"Now, where were we?"

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       In our previous post, we quoted Henry Blofield's description of the bowlers' run-up marks chalked on the green at either e...
18 July 2013

'Blowers' sets the scene

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      The Ashes England versus Australia Day one at Lords, 20 minutes into the opening session. On the radio, Henry 'Blow...
16 July 2013

MELBOURNE NOW : more details announced

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          Technical details : Issue date:   2 July 2013 Issue withdrawal date:   31 January 2014 FDI withdrawal date:   31 July 2013...
15 July 2013

Let's think about it...

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      The Man Who Thinks  Invests in FINCK'S - Promotional Slogan : W.M. FINCK & CO.     detail  A Person Looks At A Work O...
14 July 2013

The longer you look at it...

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         In   Zen                                  they   say:             If   something   is   boring   after   two   minutes,         ...