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Chevy Chase and ‘The Ballad of Chevy Chase’
Yes, there really is a poem called ‘The Ballad of Chevy Chase’! Too good to be true eh? And, it also clears up some previously inexplicable literary references: when Cathy says to Hareton Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights, “”I wish you would repeat Chevy Chase as you did yesterday; it was extremely funny!”, it was not an […]
Katy Perry and Russell Brand and Catullus 5, to Lesbia
January 16, 2012
Arhhh, what a shame that Katy Perry and Russell Brand have split (like Jordan and Peter Andre they seemed made for each other). But then, I’d argue that they will always be married…in Catullus’ poems to Lesbia. For “Lesbia” read “Katy” who tries on lesbianism as if it were a pink Stetson on a hen […]
David Walliams and ‘The Fish’
September 12, 2011
We are not going to go the “Laydee” route or else I could have picked practically any sonnet from the sixteenth century addressed to a raven-eyed beauty! We are going the way aquatic as David Walliams is swimming the length of the River Thames to raise money for Sport Relief. It is 140 miles long. […]
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February 21, 2012
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