Category Archives: UK

Fiddling Nero

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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L’Art et le Néant

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Banksters

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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A tale of two Normans

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Capitalism in practice

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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The end justifies the means

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Those were the days!

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Acropolis now

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Servants

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Viator infelix

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Rome, 27 May 2012 The self-doubting, personally insecure, English poet Arthur Hugh Clough (1819-1861) was an unhappy tourist in Rome in 1849. Like most educated Victorians, Clough was very much preoccupied by religion, which to him and his contemporaries meant … Continue reading →

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