Iconoclasts are people who are unable to grasp the materiality of history. I have the wrong colour but my lifelong combat against racism as an excuse for giving my humble yet firm opinion. Autodafés and destructions of statues and monuments are a blatant shame no matter how right the underpinning cause.
George Floyd despicable death gets its share of uprising and it’s fair. I asked Professor Renford Reese to comment and his response was a magnificent youtube video.
Reorganising my library was probably my most significant achievement related to COVID-19. Here’s the result.
Of Chinese lies and women leaders: Pendant que le monde dansait sur un volcan, ses dirigeantes féminines impressionnaient par leur savoir-faire et leurs choix raisonnables. Chez les hommes, débâcle en vue.
Je vous quitte… si j’entends de véritables excuses et que des têtes tombent, je reviendrai peut-être. C’est la série de Lhomme et Davet qui a achevé de me convaincre. Je […]
Voilà les amis, une page se tourne. Commencé un vendredi, ce blog se termine 5 mn avant un vendredi, c’est le jour de la Libération et ça tombe bien. Le monde ne va pas mieux du tout mais me lamenter ne l’avancerait en rien.
On sort tranquillement du confinement, on se réhabitue aux gestes qu’on ne faisait plus depuis deux mois. De quoi sera fait notre lendemain ?
The news of the day was that Glyndebourne was cancelled. This blog is a lot of crying over your shoulder, beware. However there was a lot more excitement between my cultural lectures on Velazquez and my work which is keeping me busy even on my days off. But at least I stayed in pyjamas and look forward to quartets with Marc.
Apologies for the inconvenience of receiving multiple notices of my blogs. Probably to be attributed to my phone’s memory. XOXOXO
Désolée les amis que vous receviez mes messages en sextuple. C’est probablement une question de mémoire du téléphone portable mais je travaille à une solution. Bisous.
A busy but stressless day teaching with infinite pleasure and trying to remain sane despite obvious frustrations due to administration and human pettiness.
