- Thinking about class-based worldviews and how invisible they are to those they "serve". For example, in a conversation elsewhere about Kipling (the person not the the verb ;-P ), I mentioned the "conservative" (with a small-c) belief that it was every man’s duty [/Nelson] to feel obliged to die in trench warfare and my interlocutor then referred ( Read more... )

- Watching, art: Crucible 2 sculpture exhibition at Gloucester Cathedral. Vesqua, by William Pye, is another of his very popular sculptures involving moving water. It’s large, positioned near the centre of the south transept, and is constantly surrounded by people who like to dangle their fingers in the water (which also makes it difficult to ( Read more... )

Henry Tonks was a surgeon and artist, and he used both sets of experience as a medical artist during the First World War when he recorded images of wounded, and particularly disfigured, soldiers both before and after treatment. His work provided a significant contribution to the advancement of plastic surgery and especially facial reconstruction. ( Read more... )

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/312601.html

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/312353.html

1. Slightly random Yuletide fanfic recs....
a. A-Team, Murdock's mental health issues tackled with some complexity as in canon, A-T, all ages, gen.
b. Cable and Deadpool, had me at the summary, lolz, C&D, adult, slash-ish gen (like canon).
c. Dead Like Me, good characterisation of Mason and George but not much plot, warning: character death of only ( Read more... )

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/276133.html

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/264780.html

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/166948.html

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/125536.html