Two Miles High

A Tale of Two Women
The Age of Consent
Alice's Mirrors
Angel Incarnate
Beauty & the Beast
Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
From Russia with Love
Homer's Women
The House of Incest
How to Look at a Naked Lady
Immortal Beloved
The Judgment of Paris
Kama Sutra
Letters from Africa
Life as Opera
Loki's Children
Oz is China
Poison Pen Letters
Precious Bodily Fluids
Sacred Prostitute
Spinster
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Splendour in the Grass
The Town Square
The Whore's Revenge
The Woman in the Bower
Vampires in Venice
Voices and Saints
Women in Trousers
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Gustave Doré's The Raven

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023

Gustave Doré's illustration for Poe's The Raven

Gustave Doré's The Raven

Below is an alternative illustration for Poe's poems by Edmund Dulac in 1912

Dulac-Poe

Some Like It Hot: spicy foods and sex

Is spicy food an aphrodisiac? According to gossip columns, eating spicy foods releases endorphins and dopamine, boosts antivirals and antioxidants and testosterone in men and leads to more sex. Health pages tout hot sauces and chili, garlic and onions and ginger, oysters, olives and olive oil, bananas, carrots….. to balance

Oct 24, 2024 2 min read

Berlin

The Tauentzienstrasse beyond was like an avenue of shattered monuments. Through wide gaps between formless mounds of rubble, you got views over the great central desert of destruction, and saw the Sieges Saeule rising forlornly from the treeless, snow-covered plain of the Tiergarten, which was dotted with bizarre remnants of

Oct 3, 2024 1 min read

Opera Queens

How gay is opera? This idea is less interesting than the idea that gay culture has always loved the flamboyance of music hall, opera, musicals and certain contemporary female pop stars. In the late 19th century, and into the 20th, it was common for wealthy gay men and women to

Sep 23, 2024 2 min read

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A Tale of Two Women
The Age of Consent
Alice's Mirrors
Angel Incarnate
Beauty & the Beast
Dreaming of the Virgin Mary
From Russia with Love
Homer's Women
The House of Incest
How to Look at a Naked Lady
Immortal Beloved
The Judgment of Paris
Kama Sutra
Letters from Africa
Life as Opera
Loki's Children
Oz is China
Poison Pen Letters
Precious Bodily Fluids
Sacred Prostitute
Spinster
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Splendour in the Grass
The Town Square
Vampires in Venice
Voices and Saints
The Whore's Revenge
The Woman in the Bower
Women in Trousers
About the Author

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