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“To see the worst and make an account of it”
January 6, 2023 – 12:42 PM | 8 Comments
“To see the worst and make an account of it”

(David Denby on Norman Mailer’s wartime experiences)

Hey, folks. Just a quick periodic round-up of stuff I’ve gotten up to of late…I guess I could use Linktree but I’m still paying for hosting for TN, so: …

God Save Our Queens
September 11, 2022 – 8:32 AM | 68 Comments
God Save Our Queens

The bond between sovereign and subjects is a strange and mostly unknowable thing. A nation’s life becomes a person’s, and then the string must break. Sam Knight on Operation London Bridge

Monarchies want abolishing, …

Book Ends
September 10, 2021 – 10:40 AM | 100 Comments
Book Ends

Once upon a time, in the world before Tomato Nation, I worked in an antiquarian bookshop in Chelsea. I made seven dollars an hour. I learned how to “spine up” a shelf, tweaking the books …

Broken Bread
September 11, 2020 – 8:39 AM | 100 Comments
Broken Bread

Hello. It feels…quaint, nearly, doesn’t it, this thing we do each year together?

How I Became A Baseball Fan
September 21, 2015 – 8:36 AM | 32 Comments
How I Became A Baseball Fan

Thanks, Doc.