“Don’t take life so serious son. It ain’t no how permanent” – – – – – – Another precious little nugget picked up from my perusal of last week’s Times Literary Supplement. It chimes very well with my own mantra of ‘carpe diem’. Apparently, this is a quote from a character called Porky Pine (described…
“The idea that a life of dull ineptitude might conceal glamorous superpowers is appealing, particularly to those who happen to be dull and inept” – from a recent review in the Times Literary Supplement of a new edition of Baroness Orczy’s ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ – – – – – – – Beneath this drab, unexceptional…
Eh? Now what’s he on about? Let me explain. My highly educated readership will obviously know what ‘pretentious claptrap‘ is: I assume that’s what drew them here in the first place. ‘Hermeneutics’ might be a bit more challenging though. Especially if you turn for enlightenment to the Stanford Dictionary of Philosophy: “The term hermeneutics covers both the first…
