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...fiction. In many of his stories the reader experiences Dahl’s metamorphosis into his own characters – with similarities seen between Dahl and several of his heroic creations in his children’s books. He can be compared with the Fantastic Mr Fox – resilient, resourceful and never defeated, and his personality is also similar to one of his most famous characters,...

...Fiction writers like H. P. Lovecraft. In the corny old 1960s phrase, that first encounter with the Diamond Dogs LP (1974) was literally mindblowing, as I realized an older generation of musicians saw the world in even more dystopian and disturbing colours than The Clash. Transcript When I heard that Bowie had died, the LP which I reached for was Low (1977), the first part...

...fictional and real; their main function is to underline the immateriality of the saintly figures - of Christ in particular - by depicting them floating in space and defying the laws of gravity. Christ’s white robes, as specified in the synoptic Gospel (Matthew 17: 1-9; Mark 9: 2-9; Luke 9: 28-36), attract the attention of the faithful and hold their gaze, primarily...