tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post7421761980243747090..comments2024-03-29T09:09:46.823+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : From John Gray's essay in the New Statesman: 'The closing of the conservative mind: Politics and the art of war'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-69221359799186000772019-11-03T17:18:07.079+02:002019-11-03T17:18:07.079+02:00Thanks. I bookmarked https://www.derek-turner.com/...Thanks. I bookmarked https://www.derek-turner.com/Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-84267263121594833312019-11-03T16:37:44.256+02:002019-11-03T16:37:44.256+02:00https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/a-district-in-play/...https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/a-district-in-play/?fbclid=IwAR2o7aBvD2Y2iGizbI1qVXyQvH9yclISXzBA0s7i8fs1x5nfrloq-VcnJpkPolitical Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-62267566913579896522019-11-02T23:52:47.399+02:002019-11-02T23:52:47.399+02:00"In the early days, when the men went to the ..."In the early days, when the men went to the mosque they carried their hat in their pocket and as soon as they stepped inside they put it on and as they came out they whipped it off. Now they wear it 24 hours a day."Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-30487510686020610222019-11-02T21:54:20.834+02:002019-11-02T21:54:20.834+02:00“We are living in a French street which had a syna...“We are living in a French street which had a synagogue which used to be a church and is now a mosque. We’re living on top of a Roman cemetery. When we came here it used to be Yiddish-speaking. There was an opium den here. There were the Russian vapour baths. We can walk to the grave of William Blake, Daniel Defoe, John Bunyan.” Now it is a predominantly Muslim area — cut with a sprinkling of hipsters — famous for the curry houses of Brick Lane and the street signs in English and Bangladeshi.<br /><br />At that point in the 1960s, “The men were happy to be here, away from their villages. They could be free, they could buy bell-bottom trousers here. They used to have fancy hairstyles, they wanted to join in.” The idyll was not to last. “Everything changed once the mullahs came. In the early days, when the men went to the mosque they carried their hat in their pocket and as soon as they stepped inside they put it on and as they came out they whipped it off. Now they wear it 24 hours a day.”<br /><br />Things have got much worse: not long ago the doors of seven houses were kicked in one night. Nothing was taken. They were, says George, all non-Muslim houses, and “there were leaflets outside with drawings of the Twin Towers with the airplanes going in.”<br /><br />The Critic Interview: Gilbert and George<br />https://thecriticmag.trystandfirst.com/issues/november-2019/gilbert-and-george/<br />Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-76857254225666556012019-11-02T21:53:01.681+02:002019-11-02T21:53:01.681+02:00A jester, court jester, or fool, was historically ...A jester, court jester, or fool, was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain him and his guests. A jester was also an itinerant performer who entertained common folk at fairs and markets.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia › wiki › JesterTomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-8603705965057232972019-11-02T21:43:37.478+02:002019-11-02T21:43:37.478+02:00They are permitted to be right-wing. They were BNP...They are permitted to be right-wing. They were BNP years ago. Perhaps still are.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-79453004671969508022019-11-02T20:40:56.675+02:002019-11-02T20:40:56.675+02:00G&G are, however, weird in the art world in be...G&G are, however, weird in the art world in being strongly pro-Brexit. When I raise the topic George states, with a hint of weariness, that his standard response is: “Good afternoon, Trump, Trump, Trump, Brexit, Brexit, Brexit. Now can we address the exhibition please.” But they are nevertheless quick to warm to the theme. When Gilbert asks what is wrong with being a sovereign country, George expands: “We Brexited from Rome 500 years ago and did very nicely out of it thank you. We wouldn’t have had the industrial revolution without it. And to our American friends we say, ‘You Brexited from us, and you’ve done fine.’ To all of our young friends, who come from all over the world, Australia and New Zealand and wherever, we say, ‘Well, you’ve Brexited to Britain.’ Anyway, you can’t leave Europe, it’s a continent, look at an atlas. We can leave Brussels, though.”<br /><br />What then do they make of the current situation and the rift in politics and society Brexit has caused? “Brexit will happen or it will be a disaster and we will be a damaged colony of Europe,” reckons George. The damage has already manifested itself in other ways. “Perfectly normal people, gentlemanly and ladylike people, turn into spitting dogs when the subject comes up, or like cats when they go mad. Nicely dressed women — it’s wrong.” What’s more, they believe there’s incivility on the European side too. “If a man resigns from his club in the West End the club secretary says: ‘Oh we’re so sorry Mr George, is there something we can do?’ But Europe has not behaved like that.<br /><br />“We think Europe is building a wall for itself, and you are either in or out. They want selective free movement of people but only of the right sort of people.” What’s more, “They are anti the Anglo-Saxon world, whether by design or chance.” They see Brexit as the chance to leave “some United States of Europe” that is not really an agglomeration of 28 member states but the plaything of just two, Merkel and Macron.<br /><br />The Critic Interview: Gilbert and George<br />https://thecriticmag.trystandfirst.com/issues/november-2019/gilbert-and-george/<br />Tomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355268309169462651noreply@blogger.com