When I first saw this article about Alice in Sunderland, I thought it might be a forgotten manuscript republished by Michael Everson of Evertype, who has recently released such lost… [read full post]
Alice in Sunderland
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Lewis Carroll accused of being on… crack? That’s a new one.
We normally let this type of article slip by unremarked, but this one was too good. Jerry Della Femina, who writes a column called “Jerry’s Ink” for the Long Island… [read full post]
Errol Morris & Errol Morris write two different essays with identical words on New York Times blog
I wasn’t expecting postmodern philosophy when I opened the New York Times Opinionator blog this week, but there was filmmaker Errol Morris rambling on about truth, relativity, Jorge Luis Borges… [read full post]
The Month of the Mad Hare
Happy first of March, month of the Mad Hare! “Happy Hare! Happy beyond the lot of many mortals to be mad only once a year!” Read more about the many… [read full post]
Alice on the West Bank
A stage adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is currently running at The Freedom Theater in the city of Jenin on the Northern West Bank of the Palestinian Territories. The show is… [read full post]
Happy Year of the (White) Rabbit
Venus Williams tennis dress inspired by Alice in Wonderland
It’s been described by England cricketer Graeme Swann as “the worst outfit ever seen on a tennis court,” but Venus Williams claims the dress was “inspired by Alice in Wonderland.”… [read full post]
CNN Linguist cringes at 2010’s portmanteaus
Linguist Robert Beard (the author of The 100 Most Beautiful Words in English, which I’ve heard is a bit prejudiced against the Anglo-Saxon) complains in CNN’s 2010 Year in Review… [read full post]
Atomic Antelope’s Alice iPad e-book not boring according to the NY Times
There’s an article by Alice Rawsthorn in the Nov. 28th New York Times to complain about how “boring” the design for most of the new apps for the iPad have… [read full post]
Scariest Alice/Palin yet by Martin Rowson
Cartoonist Marin Rowson, contributor to U.K. newspaper the Guardian, has drawn possibly the scariest Alice/Palin yet. It appeared on Sunday, October 31 on the Guardian website under the heading “Martin… [read full post]