‘theatre man’ photo by Sylvie (The Corpus Clock, Cambridge – reflected in the glass the spires of King’s College Chapel which D.H.Lawrence memorably described as resembling ‘an upturned sow’.
‘transformational kisser 2010′ painting by Nick Ward
(4xA4, water-colour, acrylic, newspaper, melted wax, felt-tip pen)
I wonder what Professor Ross Harrison, Philosopher-Provost, King’s College, Cambridge, has to say about King’s College, Cambridge, Senior Fellow, Professor Hawking’s recent, headline-grabbing, statement that ‘Philosophy is dead!’ Scroll down for my own response-blog: ‘Farewell to Willesdon Green’; or click here
:http://nickwardscenarios.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/new-pics/
What, I ask of Professor Hawking, was Philosophy before it died?
search term: king’s college cambridge rood screen
Jester: Religion? Magic (mathematics)? Yoga?
My regular selection of Nick Ward Scenarios search-terms is proving popular and provocative, so here are some of the search-terms that have caught my eye (and triggered my imagination) in the last few days (in no particular order)
1. professor ross harrison cambridge 2. professor hawking antichrist 3. anti-establishment 4. midget aborigini 5. correct sculling grip 6. beatles 1234 what are we fighting for 7. maitreya obama
8. urban cowgirl 9. samuel beckett 10. peter brook immediate theatre
11. artaud 12. i went to eton 13. redgrave-pinsent 14. jester dylan 15 ringo drums 16 drukpa kunley 17 nick ward con-artist (ed: prove it!)
18. anna kushchenko 19. bill gates 1970 20. corpus cambridge room above clock 21. alex lester underappreciated (ed: get rid of your dumb-down producer, Alex – a racconteur of your calibre does not need demeaning suggestions for listener-participation ‘themes’ like ‘the most boring moment of your life’ – you’re the kind of guy who is never bored.
Alex ‘dark lord’ Lester’s radio show for night-owls is from 2am-5am Monday-Friday. How about some live accoustic slots, Lesto?
What is gravity, Professor Hawking?
search term: paul mccartney laughing
Please save us from infantile BBC Radio Producers they are torture 22. تعذيب اسرائيل
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