Author: Paul Gallagher

We all know what Dracula looks like. Bela Lugosi and innumerable Hammer horror movies starring Christopher Lee have fixed the Count in our imagination. He’s…

Marilyn Monroe after a swim in the sea. Since the 18th-century, doctors have prescribed a trip to the beach or seaside and bathing in (or…

Family life can be either good or bad and is usually a mixture of both, but all family portraits are terrible. The disparate elements involved…

Looking at Jeff Gillette’s post-apocalyptic paintings of shanty towns and garbage strewn slums juxtaposed with a ruined and decrepit Disneyland kinda makes you think he…

Forty-years-ago, like a gazillion other kids, I was smitten by the sounds of New Wave. The needle had worn out on punk and there was…

There are times when the best advice is ignored by those it’s intended to help. If only Tusko the elephant had taken the hint from…

At the height of Bond-mania during the Cold War in the 1960s, some sixty applications arrived every week at the desk of Lieut.-Col. William (“Bill”)…

Has God seemed distant recently? Does He no longer return your calls? Did He forget your birthday? Does He no longer go down on you?…

‘Transition 2.’ Horacio Quiroz’s paintings are inspired by his observations of himself and the people around him. These observations form a “a deep inspection of…

Progress doesn’t always end in the best results. Take Hollywood. Once, this great movie industry was driven by women screenwriters like Anita Loos, Frances Marion,…