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Michael Moynihan: A shame to lose this vivid impression of sporting life

Michael Moynihan: A shame to lose this vivid impression of sporting life

Your columnist is no art expert, though he likes recycling his favourite line of criticism occasionally. (When the King of France viewed Géricault’s painting The Raft of the Medusa, he remarked: “M. Géricault, your shipwreck is no disaster.” Kudos to anyone who can mail me the name of the band which used Géricault’s painting on an album cover.)

Mon, 25 Nov, 2019

History woven by the finest of threads

“Of the many arts, one surpasses all. For the maiden seated at her work flashes the smooth balls and thousand threads into the circle. And from this, her amusement makes as much profit as a man earns by the sweat of his brow. The issue is a fine web which feeds the pride of the whole globe and shows grandly round the throats and hands of Kings.”

Thu, 25 Oct, 2012

City fit for a president

GEORGE WASHINGTON was a Bruin.

Sat, 15 Oct, 2011