Wednesday 23 June 2010
InDefinition - 6
nomenklatura, n. pl. category of names that trip-and-fall off the tongue - Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde; Wolfgangus Chrysostomus Theophilus Mozart; Lembit Opik.
Monday 21 June 2010
Sunday 13 June 2010
InDefinition - 3
provochial, adj. in the manner of annoying country habits - like not being able to get a bus after 6pm.
Friday 11 June 2010
Cyril the Romantic
'La coeur a ses raisons,' - and so have rheumatism and 'flu.- Connolly, The Unquiet Grave
Thursday 10 June 2010
Cyril Connolly - Yes and No (2)
Both my happiness and my unhappiness I owe to the love of pleasure; of sex,
travel, reading, conversation (hearing myself talk), food, drink, cigars and
lying in warm water. [Yes!]
Reality is what remains when these pleasures, together with hope for
the future, regret for the past, vanity of the present, and all that composes
the aroma of the self are pumped out of the air-bubble in which I live. [No. For these things also are real.]
Cyril Connolly - Yes and No (1)
Unreality is what keeps us from ourselves, [Yes] and most pleasures are unreal. [No!]
Unbelievable - yet verbatim
PETER ANDRE: MY WORLD IN PICTURES AND WORDS, published by Michael Joseph on 10 June 2010. Hardback £16.99
Michael Joseph (an imprint of Penguin Books) is delighted to have bought world rights to Peter Andre's illustrated memoir from Claire Powell at Can Associates. In 2009, Peter Andre's profile exploded, making him one of the biggest male celebrities in the UK. His upcoming Revelation tour, his TV projects and now his book will further catapult him to stardom - 2010 will cement his reputation as the sexy and extremely loveable heartthrob the nation has taken under its wing.
Packed with approximately 150-200 gorgeous photographs, most of which have never been seen before, the book will focus on Peter's amazing journey so far. This is a celebration of his life, from aspiring singer to celebrity popstar. It charts the rise of his success, the trials and tribulations he had to endure along the way, his newfound maturity. And of course it focuses on what it means to be a father - and a single parent too.
Peter Andre says:
"It is wonderful that I have been given this opportunity to show my life in pictures and I am very excited about working with Penguin on this project. There are some amazing personal pictures that I hope will make the reader smile as much as they have me. It's always so much fun meeting my fans at book signings, and I look forward to this opportunity".
Michael Joseph (an imprint of Penguin Books) is delighted to have bought world rights to Peter Andre's illustrated memoir from Claire Powell at Can Associates. In 2009, Peter Andre's profile exploded, making him one of the biggest male celebrities in the UK. His upcoming Revelation tour, his TV projects and now his book will further catapult him to stardom - 2010 will cement his reputation as the sexy and extremely loveable heartthrob the nation has taken under its wing.
Packed with approximately 150-200 gorgeous photographs, most of which have never been seen before, the book will focus on Peter's amazing journey so far. This is a celebration of his life, from aspiring singer to celebrity popstar. It charts the rise of his success, the trials and tribulations he had to endure along the way, his newfound maturity. And of course it focuses on what it means to be a father - and a single parent too.
Peter Andre says:
"It is wonderful that I have been given this opportunity to show my life in pictures and I am very excited about working with Penguin on this project. There are some amazing personal pictures that I hope will make the reader smile as much as they have me. It's always so much fun meeting my fans at book signings, and I look forward to this opportunity".
Monday 7 June 2010
On lust and the library
There is no certain way of preserving chastity against the will of the body. Lao-Tsu did. But then he was eighty and he was a librarian.- Palinurus (Cyril Connolly), The Unquiet Grave
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