The Naked Ape Gets Dressed

THE NAKED APE GETS DRESSED. For those who strive for better things and who understand, as did Ben Jonson, that: "the pipe marks the point at which the orang-utan ends and man begins". - And those who understand S T Coleridge's: "While Fate tramples on things of beauty, the indignant human heart shall utter them."

Sunday, 3 September 2023

Dovima (centre).

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Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Is there anybody there?

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Is there anybody there?

Friday, 30 December 2022

2023

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Happy New Year, A.D. 2023. It is as well to wish it. Not everyone will agree with me on the following. I really don't care. We thought...

Saturday, 23 April 2022

Dovima, by Richard Avedon

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Friday, 8 April 2022

LOSING TOUCH

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'We are not sure of sorrow, And joy was never sure; To-day will die to-morrow; Time stoops to no man's lure...' From 'The G...

Wednesday, 6 April 2022

The Woodlanders

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Rusty and I went for a woodland walk, and discovered this scented, cream rhodie in bloom. On the way back, for some reason, I asked whether...

Saturday, 26 March 2022

Podcast, hosted by Mimi Novic

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Mimi Novic (miminovic.co.uk) kindly invited me to do a podcast, which is here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gjL2xdq7UBq20V1W8vsT4?si=...

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NJS: Nicholas Storey is a Cornishman and a law graduate of University College London. He had a career in the law in London; both in the Government Legal Service and in private practice before he moved to Brazil in 2006. Besides technical works, he is the author of the well-received 'History of Men's Fashion - What the Well Dressed Man is Wearing' (Pen & Sword Books Ltd, available through all the usual UK outlets, including: amazon.co.uk; Waterstones; W H Smiths; Tesco; play.com; Zawi and, for sales overseas, it is available on all the amazon sites, listed at the end of www.amazon.com). For the publisher's site - see "Links to my books" above. The best current deal, with worldwide free shipping, appears to be at www.bookdepository.com. Nicholas Storey is also currently publishing (again through Pen & Sword Books) a complementary miscellany on men's grooming, accessories and pleasures ('History of Men's Accessories - A Short Guide For Men About Town'), to be followed by a third book in the series, this time on the sporting life. After that, there is to be a book on a selection of Great British Adventurers.

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