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Splendour in the Grass

Jessie Shanks

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Jessie Shanks

My grandmother. One of the heroes in this story.

Jessie-Shanks
Paraguay's own femme fatale

Paraguay's own femme fatale

Should an Irishwoman who died in 1886 be a national heroine of Paraguay? In 1961, then-Paraguayan dictator Alfredo Stroessner declared "Madame Lynch" a national heroine and had her body, which was buried in Paris, exhumed and brought back to Paraguay. Eliza Lynch had gained notoriety as the partner
Jul 14, 2025 2 min read
Do today's dictators need a Court Jester?

Do today's dictators need a Court Jester?

Yes, they do. Unfortunately, today's dictators don't have a sense of humor and I expect they would have their court jester deported or even shot the moment they told the Truth. The kings and queens of yore who did have court jesters or - the term
Jul 7, 2025 3 min read
Baron Münchausen: patron saint of Conspiracy Theorists

Baron Münchausen: patron saint of Conspiracy Theorists

Among my right-wing in-laws and social circle, conspiracy theories have always flourished and they are, if anything, intensifying in the Trump era. They push back on the science of global heating and their own carbon emissions, they think the Democrats allowed for "open borders," they see crime and
Jun 30, 2025 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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