Category Archives: Bohemians
Else Lasker-Schüler, 1920
The writer and artist appears at the Bauhaus in Weimar, 100 years ago today
Else Lasker-Schüler, 1920
The writer and artist appears at the Bauhaus in Weimar, 100 years ago today
20 books for 2020
In which we visit Rogomelec and Sealand, the castle of truth and a fern-loved gully
20 books for 2020
In which we visit Rogomelec and Sealand, the castle of truth and a fern-loved gully
Love among the ruins
The sublime Leonor Fini, plus cats. All the cats.
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 2
… in which we head further afield and meet Peter Altenberg and some other folk, but honestly, it’s mainly Peter Altenberg.
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 2
… in which we head further afield and meet Peter Altenberg and some other folk, but honestly, it’s mainly Peter Altenberg.
Secret Satan, 2019 translation edition
“We are both monarch and victim in a gothic simulation illuminated by sombre flashes of sardonic rhetoric.” Which is nice.
Secret Satan, 2019 translation edition
“We are both monarch and victim in a gothic simulation illuminated by sombre flashes of sardonic rhetoric.” Which is nice.
Secret Satan, 2019
From clean-lined architects to Dirty Helen Cromwell the potty-mouthed barkeep – let us join hands and make contact with the fabulous.
Secret Satan, 2019
From clean-lined architects to Dirty Helen Cromwell the potty-mouthed barkeep – let us join hands and make contact with the fabulous.
Strange Flowers guide to Vienna, part 1
… in which we scour the old town for old friends
19 books for 2019
Who needs this many books? You do. YOU need this many books.
Secret Satan, 2018
Your essential Christmas book list – it’s naughty, it’s nice. Mostly naughty if we’re honest.
Secret Satan, 2018
Your essential Christmas book list – it’s naughty, it’s nice. Mostly naughty if we’re honest.
Adrift
Ironfoot Jack, Umm Kulthum, Jack Parsons, Harry Crosby… it’s a Strange Flowers Film Festival!
Franziska zu Reventlow (1871-1918)
100 years since the death of the ‘bohemian countess’
18 books for 2018
Three Marcels, two Nutters and a Sissi: imaginary lives and lives beyond imagining.
18 books for 2018
Three Marcels, two Nutters and a Sissi: imaginary lives and lives beyond imagining.
Secret Satan book list
More books than you can deal with, frankly.
Venus in espadrilles
Cocktails, cannibalism and co-dependency: a relationship masterclass hosted by Willie Seabrook and Marjorie Worthington
Venus in espadrilles
Cocktails, cannibalism and co-dependency: a relationship masterclass hosted by Willie Seabrook and Marjorie Worthington
Dormition of the Heathen Madonna
Fanny zu Reventlow, the “bohemian countess” of Munich around 1900
Places: Sissi and Fanny’s Corfu
The adjacent hillside retreats of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and “bohemian countess” Franziska zu Reventlow
Places: Sissi and Fanny’s Corfu
The adjacent hillside retreats of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and “bohemian countess” Franziska zu Reventlow
The Surreal Century of Leonora Carrington
The belatedly recognised artist and writer, born 100 years ago today
The Surreal Century of Leonora Carrington
The belatedly recognised artist and writer, born 100 years ago today
17-plus books for 2017
Dead poets, nude dancers, good bohemians, mystical Symbolists, jaded aristocrats, queer courtiers and blind men at play in a realm of dreams and voodoo
17-plus books for 2017
Dead poets, nude dancers, good bohemians, mystical Symbolists, jaded aristocrats, queer courtiers and blind men at play in a realm of dreams and voodoo
Late entries
A few book titles from late 2016 you may have missed…
