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Hey, Julia Child published Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol 1 on Oct 16 1961, and when I was given a copy some 15 years later, it changed the way I would cook forever.

The Modern World - done. Existentialism, absurdism, Popper etc but my fave is Theodor Adorno because we agree about the pernicious effects of popular culture. Oh, and Simone de B, of course!

I'm ahead of myself, up to the end of September...
September 13th was the day Heinrich Mann and Franz Werfel and their wives Nelly and Alma escaped the Nazis through the unoccupied port of Marseilles. In the same month, Walter Benjamin left it too late.

Still doing a page a day for the entire year, and loving the insights into books and reading and writing.

I'm ahead of myself, September 9th

Did you know that Ben Jonson was imprisoned without a hearing because he made fun of the Scots in Eastward Ho? I must read it, there are signs abroad that the Scots are taking themselves very seriously at the moment. It's the kilts, I think, that make it difficult for non-Scots to do the same...