Why read other books when you can read James Joyce?
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Alastair White is making an opera of Finnegans Wake. I loved the overture, performed at the London Irish Centre
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I’ve made a cave painting for the Curious Stories cabinet exhibition, on through May in the Open Market Brighton
Delighted with my Christmas present from Lisa. I recognized the lady on the cover. I took a photo of her in the Brazen Head in 1981, when I first visited Dublin @fallon_donal
I was struck by this great photo in The Dublin Pub of 75 Dame Street, now Brogans. In the window on the left there’s an advert for ‘Hair cut & brushed by machinery 3d’, which I’d never heard of, but found this thequackdoctor.substack.com/… @fallon_donal
"You're traveling through another dimension - a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Twilight Zone!"
Seasons greetings from the other dimensions
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James, Jem, Andrew & myself were elated to find this utterly joyous slice of history in the Pogues vault. There’s a magic and an electricity here that still sparks and crackles nearly 40 years down the line. Also includes the regular Fairytale. Link in bio. Enjoy. Cheers Spider
Does anyone remember Aaargh! the great comics exhibition at the ICA in 1970-71. We had a family trip there when I was 12, and I wandered on my own into a dark room where they had a slide show of Robert Crumb’s Despair comic. A life changing experience! Have loved Crumb ever since
RIP the great Dublin actor Frank Grimes. He did a wonderful one man James Joyce show, The He and She of It, which we saw him do part of at David Collard’s London book launch for Multiple Joyce. We had a drink in the French House after and who should come in but Frank.
On Bloomsday, I made a pilgrimage to the Victoria Palace Hotel in Paris, which James Joyce described as a 'caravanserai peopled by American loudspeakers' yet he wrote the best parts of Finnegans Wake here peterchrisp.blogspot.com/202…
In Paris, leading my first ever James Joyce guided tour. We started at the Hotel Corneille, where he almost starved in 1902-3, and ended at his last luxurious residence, the Lutetia joyceinparis.com/
My friend Roy Bayfield has found the original Sylvia Silence stories. Unlike the languid consulting detective imagined by Joyce, she was an action heroine!
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Today is International Dance Day, a time to celebrate one of the top dancers of the 20th century- James Joyce!
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My latest article for the Whistler is about the wonderful Brighton Toy and Model Museum.
The whole mag is online here viewer.joomag.com/the-whistl…
James Joyce’s correspondence finally published online! 2,000 previously unpublished items!
Although there are four published volumes of letters, the Joyce estate previously blocked publication of all these ones. I’m guessing that a lot of the new stuff looks like this though….
The fascinating High and Low John Galliano documentary reminded me that we did a Galliano/Gaultier Christmas card photo in 1998
'Supermodel waif Lisa Lichen glides down the catwalk in Chrispalliano's bias-cut ‘Fried eggs and bacon', inspired by the full English breakfast.'
A new post on the Guidebook narrator in Finnegans Wake peterchrisp.blogspot.com/202…
My fourth article for the West Hill Whistler is a celebration of Brighton’s astonishing jazz scene. viewer.joomag.com/the-whistl…
The coin of Harthacanute from the Sizewell C hoard on last night’s Digging for Britain reminded me of this coin of Constantius ii - almost 700 years earlier! @theAliceRoberts
