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With Baudelaire in Brussels, #02
Monday, 26 September 1864
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Andrew Rickard
With Baudelaire in Brussels, #01
Introduction and Prologue
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Andrew Rickard

September 2024

The Happiest Thing I Know
Jean-François Millet on the artistic appeal of difficult, rural life
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Andrew Rickard
1
Credulous and Crazed
Some thoughts on the madness of crowds from Gabriel Tarde (1843–1904)
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Andrew Rickard
4
The Sinking of SS Gallia
As described by the captain of SM U-35
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Andrew Rickard
2
Witnesses to Destruction
On the artist's duty to record and preserve what he has loved
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Andrew Rickard

August 2024

Quiet Evenings With Henri Le Sidaner
The Intimist painter who preferred to work at twilight
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Andrew Rickard
5
I Am Determined to Do My Duty
William Bouguereau's life as a soldier during the Siege of Paris
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Andrew Rickard
Prison and Deportation, #6
A French Bishop in the Dachau Concentration Camp
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Andrew Rickard
5
Invasive and Clumsy Advertising
“The barbarians may have conquered the world, but we should not resign ourselves to it.”
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Andrew Rickard
1

July 2024

Do I Transfer My Feelings to the Tree?
Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) on the effect that landscapes have on the mind.
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Andrew Rickard
2
Paul Cézanne’s Prayer
My translation of Henri de Régnier's poem
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Andrew Rickard
2
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