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The Scramble for Wealth

We must expect for a long time yet to see capitalists still striving to obtain the highest possible profits. But observe, that the passion for wealth is certainly in some senses new. It grew up very rapidly at the beginning … Continue reading

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John Betjeman

I made hay while the sun shone. My work sold. Now, if the harvest is over And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter As I lose hold. John Betjeman’s The Last Laugh (1974)

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On Photography

The photographer is an armed version of the solitary walker… …reconnoitering, stalking, cruising the urban inferno… …the voyeuristic stroller who discovers the city as a landscape of voluptuous extremes. Adept of the joys of watching, connoisseur of empathy… …the flâneur … Continue reading

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