First as tragic farce, then as slapstick

ONE of Karl Marx’s quotable quotes includes his comment that history repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce. So much of the twentieth century will be remembered as tragedy. So much of the last century will also be seen as farce. This is because while we had two world wars, we then followed them…

Self Immolation

Dear Friends Some interesting and timely extracts from Stud Terkel’s famous book Working where various people were interviewed in the early ’70s on what they thought about their work. Till today, being ethical in daily life seems difficult to ground into ‘reality’. Nick Lindsay (Carpenter/Poet) [page 520] “…It seems like the vast comedy of things…