katherine gregor | katherine gregor
Oct.10.2012
Cobnuts - Yum! Yum!
"Tree rats", "rats with bushy tails", "pests', "vermin".
First of all, what is wrong with rats? I can feel my question send ripples of disgust among you. "Eek!", "Yuck!" I hear you exclaim, your lips twisted in revulsion. Rats are dirty – you say – the...
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Oct.07.2012
A little something I remembered, the other day.
My French School in Rome used to dedicate 10% of the academic year to guided extra-curricular activities. That year – the year I was sixteen – among our options was a three-day trip to Venice, Florence or Verona. I...
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Oct.02.2012
Some thoughts on the painting Tobias and the Angel (circa 1470-80) by the Workshop of Verrocchio. Egg tempera on poplar. National Gallery, London.
Trust me, if you will. I am loving, I am infinite, I am immortal. I do not judge. I am beyond all fears....
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Sep.30.2012
“A friend in need is a friend indeed.” We all know that one. That a true friend stands by you during adversity, is an accepted, unquestioned assumption in, I dare say, all cultures. Does the same friendship remain unshaken during your times of triumph?
I hold the...
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Sep.26.2012
You tell a friend you are going on holiday to New York. This person is most likely to exclaim (at least in England), “You lucky thing! I wish I were going!”
You may find this reaction offensive on two fronts. Firstly, the suggestion that you have done nothing to deserve the...
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Sep.23.2012
When I was at university, my best female friend said she preferred sharing a house with other friends. I said I preferred living alone, if I could. Then she said something that has always stayed with me, "I like to be with people, but have the option of being on my own." I guess...
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Sep.18.2012
You’ve just had a major disappointment, heartbreak or mishap; or you’re just having a bad time. You’re feeling low, sad, upset or angry. Whatever the reason, you’re basically in a lousy place, from which the view is – begging your pardon – crap. You need a friendly ear, so...
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Sep.16.2012
All the news headlines in the country, in the past few days, have mentioned what I understand to be the recent publication, by a French magazine – and now, apparently, also an Irish newspaper – of the Duchess of Cambridge seemingly sunbathing topless in a French château. It now appears...
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Sep.09.2012
I used to be a theatrical agent.
A young actor from RADA, whilst deliberating whether or not to accept my offer of representation, asked, “What, would you say, sets you apart from other agents?”
I struggled to come up with an original answer. Then I caught sight of the engraved...
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Sep.02.2012
Sometimes, the wind carries in through my windows the faint sound of bells from a Tudor church that stands right by the river. On a Sunday morning, it is a joyous pealing. In the evening, the sound is more measured, more akin to the Anglican chant of the evensong it precedes.
A...
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