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Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Politics, Ice Cream, Churchill, and My Mother
Scribble Scribble Scribble Writing on Politics Ice Cream Churchill and My Mother Author:Simon Schama The New York Times has hailed renowned historian and social commentator Simon Schama as a writer who "entwine[s] past and present into a meaningful, continuous whole." — His deeply thoughtful and vastly knowledgeable books such as The Power of Art, The American Future, and the National Book... more » Critics Circle Award finalist Rough Crossings have won acclaim for their intellectually rich and entertaining studies of the individuals and influences that have shaped the human condition, from the French Revolution to the political past and future of America, from the power of art to the role of nature in Western civilization.
Now, in this passionate and provocative collection, this brilliant observer brings his keen critical sensibility to a wide range of topics, both broad and intimate. Captivating and informative, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble offers a lighter, playful Simon Schama on a diverse range of subjects, from food and family to Winston Churchill, from Martin Scorsese and Richard Avedon to Rubens and Rembrandt, from his travels in Brazil and Amsterdam to New Orleans and Katrina.
This selection of essays -- originally published in magazines and newspapers including the New Yorker, Vogue, the New York Review of Books, and the Guardian -- is a treasure trove of surprises that highlight Schama's sense of humor, curiosity, and idiosyncrasies. Never predictable, always stimulating, Scribble, Scribble, Scribble allows us to view the world, in all its diversity, through the eyes of one of its most intelligent, witty, and original inhabitants.
Travelling. Sail away --
The unloved American --
Amsterdam --
Washington DC --
Brazil --
Comedy meets catastrophe --
Testing democracy. 9/11 --
The dead and the guilty --
The civil war in the USA --
Katrina and George Bush --
The British election, 2005 --
Virtual annihilation --
Talking and listening. TBM and John --
Isaiah Berlin --
J.H. Plumb --
Rescuing Churchill --
Churchill as orator --
The fate of eloquence in the age of the Osbournes --
Performing. Richard II --
Henry IV, part II --
Martin Scorcese --
Charlotte Rampling --
Clio at the multiplex --
True confessions of a history boy --
Picturing. The matter of the unripe nectarine --
Dutch courage --
Rubens --
Turner and the drama of history --
James Ensor at MoMa --
Rembrandt's ghost --
Anselm Kiefer (1) --
In Mesopotamia : Anselm Kiefer (2) --
John Virtue --
Avedon : Power --
Cooking and eating. Cool as ice --
Sauce of controversy --
Cheese souffleÌ --
Simmer of love --
My mother's kitchen --
Mouthing off --
Remembering. Omaha Beach --
Gothic language : Carlyle, Ruskin and the morality of exuberance --
A history of Britain : a response --
The Monte Lupo story --
No walnuts, no enlightenment --
Abolishing the slave trade in Britain and America --