the emotional blackmailers handbook

of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and worst by far is emotional blackmail ... the diligent practise of this subtle and ancient art creates a constantly evolving darwinistic moral vacuum in which the brightest new manipulative ideas and stratagems flourish ... and which only you, or i, can fill !

buzzzz

to the woods ! ... via the tapestry room

you look dapper from your napper to your feet ... to the national art library in the V&A to find out more about maurice lambert; he's wearing gloves

wotton church in surrey

transport for london ... commodity fetishism ... weapons

it was never a penalty, ref !

ouch !

good morning ! let the sun shine in ...

when you're moving in, everything gets arranged ... and then re-arranged

she simply didn't look like the kind of girl who'd pour that much brandy into his cocoa, holmes !

i'm tapping my foot and drumming my fingers and fretting for the return of isis and osiris

driftwood from the magic beach

that proustian/faustian feeling ... didn't we used to have chewing gum that tasted like this ?

once upon a time a man of a certain age kept a box ...

... in which lay hidden, for many years, ...

... a magic beach

the artesian well on wandsworth road

maurice lambert, sculptor of the barbaric edifice at 33 grosvenor place

henry vii chapel pinnacles and weather vanes

reading challenge ... a little primer for the larger picture