Losing Venice

Wednesday 3rd October 2018

Tim Delap and Florence Roberts in Losing Venice. Photo: Helen Maybanks
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Text of the day: “Yes. ‘Shite’ too. We are surrounded by metaphors. Hordes of them. They overcrowd our wardrobes, they overflow from drawers. They drop from the ceiling in golden showers, and then they run towards us wagging their dear little tails.” (Quevedo in Jo Clifford’s Losing Venice)

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