Caricatures of Kierkegaard during the Corsair affair. The magazine routinely mocked his arguments, his arrogance and his appearance. They paid special attention to his spindly legs and ill-fitting trousers
@Richard08156270 I’m four steps from Napoleon. Knew Bryan Magee slightly in my teens. He knew Bertrand Russell in his youth. Russell lived with his grandfather after he was orphaned, and Lord John visited Napoleon on Elba when he was twenty two. Pretty good.
@bluebox99 Just watched him in Marco Polo (1982). Played Rustichello. Not a great series, but has a good soundtrack by Morricone and Warner is excellent.
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Wrote a feature for this month’s issue of The Oldie on Sinatra and Brando’s behind-the-scenes feud during the filming of Guys and Dolls
@BretVDB And Coleridge, too, has lately taken wing,
But like a hawk encumber'd with his hood,
Explaining Metaphysics to the nation—
I wish he would explain his Explanation