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Edith Wharton's Gilded Age
An interior from the Hôtel de Varengeville in Paris, circa 1740, MOMA, New York. Born in 1862 into an affluent and socially prominent New York family, “Old New York,” a magnificent city in… more →
The Errant Æsthete
Edith Wharton's Gilded Age
Errant Aesthete wrote 4 hours ago: An interior from the Hôtel de Varengeville in Paris, circa 1740, MOMA, New York. Born in 1862 into a … more →
Wide Open
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prempanicker wrote 17 hours ago: Before he steps out into the public glare, Sachin Tendulkar puts himself through a ritual: First, he … more →
Beaton's Shooting Star
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Errant Aesthete wrote 1 week ago: It was an age of “parties.” There were “white” parties in which we shot down … more →
Toast of Memoirs: Nicky Haslam
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Errant Aesthete wrote 1 week ago: The long awaited and repeatedly delayed memoir that has tongues wagging and aesthetes yearning acros … more →
Paris Style
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Errant Aesthete wrote 2 weeks ago: “He was an urbanist historian, a Balzac of the camera, from whose work we can weave a large ta … more →
The Era of Misbehaving
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Errant Aesthete wrote 3 weeks ago: Impersonation Party, 1927: Among the revelers are Elizabeth Ponsoby (back row), in wig as Iris Tree, … more →
Open, and bleeding
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prempanicker wrote 4 weeks ago: Image courtesy The Telegraph I’m yet to get hold of a copy of Open, Andre Agassi’s autobiograp … more →
Agassi's mea culpa
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prempanicker wrote 1 month ago: Brad Gilbert, Andre Agassi’s long time tennis coach, takes a no-harm, no-foul attitude to the … more →
Sports writing: update
prempanicker wrote 1 month ago: Additional to my previous post — read the opening of Gay Talese’s book A Writer’s … more →
If you can't beat them...
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prempanicker wrote 1 month ago: Schrader also gave an insight to the film’s story and said, “American saves the Indian … more →
The Day the Factory Died
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Errant Aesthete wrote 1 month ago: It’s hard to imagine stumbling across the requiem for a heavy weight as Andy Warhol most certa … more →
Review: Pazhassi Raja
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prempanicker wrote 1 month ago: For three hours and twenty minutes, I watched the latest magnum opus from Malayalam cinema, Pazhassi … more →
Proustian Poetry
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Errant Aesthete wrote 1 month ago: You’ve got to love the contrast that pairs pop art caricaturist Robert Risko’s images to … more →
"And I'd Do It Again"
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Errant Aesthete wrote 1 month ago: In an age of stupefying untruths and incredulous myths designed to fool, bedevil and deceive, it is … more →
Mentors, Muses and Monsters
Errant Aesthete wrote 1 month ago: A new fascination. And a wonderful read by Alexander Chee out of The Morning News entitled “An … more →
Overheard
Errant Aesthete wrote 1 month ago: From the advice column Annie’s Mailbox: “Dear Annie: Do you know the rest of the poem with the line … more →
Oates on Writerly Influences
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Errant Aesthete wrote 1 month ago: “It’s said that the influences that matter greatly to us come early.” How s … more →
Vive la différence
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Errant Aesthete wrote 1 month ago: The Anglo-Saxons, as we English-speakers are somewhat inaccurately known by the French, have long re … more →
Books as the furniture of life
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prempanicker wrote 1 month ago: Books, any old how, in the study Books taught me my first lessons in ersatz entrepreneurship: at the … more →
