. . . but everyone says the party started after I left. By John J. Kelly Wordsworth famously observed that poetry takes its origin from ‘emotion recollected in tranquility.’ Art is emotion harnessed to artifice. The artist gives the impression of spontaneity. The work aims to evoke powerful emotions, but it is a representation of idealised [...]
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European Court rules UK DNA database an abuse of Human Rights
December 5, 2008 – 11:51 am
By John J Kelly On December 4 2008 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the practice of holding DNA samples of more than 1 million UK citizens, some as young as 10 years old, who have no criminal record but who have been investigated in the course of police enquiries, is contrary to Article [...]
Crunch goes the art market
November 20, 2008 – 4:50 pm
Sotheby’s shares lost 80% of their value since January 2008. The bank of Ponzi has stopped printing Mickey Mouse currency for idiots to buy pickled sharks at loony prices on the greater fool market. Why are we not surprised? It’s deja vu all over again (pace Sam Goldwyn). Although the media have focused on the [...]