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Old 15-08-2010, 09:33 AM #17
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Diego Velazquez - Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan
This is a depiction of the god Apollo revealing to Vulcan, to Apollo's right, that his wife Venus is having an affair with Mars.
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No matter that they act like senile 12-year-olds on the Today programme website - smoking illegal fags to look tough and cool. No matter that Amis coins truly abominable terms like 'the age of horrorism' and when criticised tells people to 'fuck off'. Surely we all chuckle at the strenuous ennui of his salon drawl. Didn't he once accidentally sneer his face off?
- Chris Morris - The Absurd World of Martin Amis
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