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Immortal Beloved

Immortal Beloved - the film

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023 • 1 min read
Immortal Beloved - the film
Immortal-Beloved-DVD
Statues can be very political

Statues can be very political

In early 2025, a statue of the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro was reinstalled in Plaza de Armas in the center of Lima, Peru, 22 years after it had been banished to a faraway park. The return of the statue (above) enraged indigenous locals who have long regarded Pizarro as a
Jan 26, 2025 2 min read
Guanyin and the Virgin Mary

Guanyin and the Virgin Mary

Guanyin holds a particular fascination in the West as an Asian Virgin Mary. Like Mary, she is a goddess of mercy and compassion (and also fertility and vegetarianism among other things). Originally, in India, Guanyin was a “male” bodhisattva (named Avalokiteśvara), who became a Buddha, then stepped down to stay
Jan 18, 2025 3 min read
Do Places of Execution have Ghosts?

Do Places of Execution have Ghosts?

Today, it is hard to imagine any ghosts hanging around Tyburn, but for centuries, this spot by Marble Arch is where London executed more than 50,000 people. These were public executions. The last man to be hanged there was a highwayman, in 1783. But, all you can see today
Dec 3, 2024 3 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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