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What pipes and timbrels?

Cavafy, Plutarch, Shakespeare, Horace & MacNeice on the vagaries of fortune

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Victoria
May 02, 2024
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Well last week’s piece caused a bit more of a stir than I anticipated. If you are one of my small flood of new subscribers, you are very welcome. And if you’re part of the old guard, and read last week’s piece in the original email form, you might be interested in looking at some of comments it has attracted, many of which are very thoughtful and well i…

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