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The House of Incest

Henry Miller

  • Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Jul 31, 2023
Henry Miller
Henry Miller in 1940

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What are right wing conservatives so afraid of?

What are right wing conservatives so afraid of?

With right wing White Christian nationalism on the rise in America, I went looking for paintings celebrating it and, to my surprise, I found very few. Do they not like art at all? The most popular painter seems to be Jon McNaughton, one of whose paintings is above. It'
Aug 29, 2026 5 min read
The grimoire - why do people believe in angels and demons?

The grimoire - why do people believe in angels and demons?

I'm told there are millions of Americans who believe in angels and demons. Many of them are also into witchcraft and the occult, Wicca and Neopaganism. These Americans embrace a genre of (fictional!) writing called a grimoire, which typically has instructions on how to cast spells and summon
Aug 22, 2026 5 min read
'Beauty & the Beast' - Timeline

'Beauty & the Beast' - Timeline

* 1594-95 - Lavinia Fontana's Portrait of a Girl Covered in Hair or Portrait of Antonietta Gonsalvus - possible origin of the legend? Link * 1740 - La Belle et la Bête fairy tale by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve published under the pseudonym "Madame de V***" * 1756
Aug 22, 2026 2 min read
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  • A Tale of Two Women
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  • Alice's Mirrors
  • Angel Incarnate
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  • 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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