Sir Francis
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Lecturer |
| Location | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Introduction | "Dred" = 1) Play on the adjective "Red" (i.e. "Red Tory"), indicating espousal of Disraelian/ Churchillian Tory democracy; 2) Pun on "to dread" (i.e. "to stand aghast at"), the author's disposition towards the current "Conservative" Party; 3) Pun on "dreads" (i.e. "dreadlocks"), referring to the Caribbean half of the author's ethnic heritage. |
| Interests | Being "James Christian Parsons", whenever time permits. |
| Favorite Movies | Breaking the Waves; Dancer in the Dark; Trois Couleurs: Rouge; Manufacturing Consent; Cross of Iron; A Bridge Too Far; The Charge of the Light Brigade (Richardson). |
| Favorite Music | Domenico Scarlatti; Monteverdi; Palestrina; Joy Division; Cocteau Twins; Fairport Convention; The Fall; Einsturzende Neubauten. |
| Favorite Books | Du Pape (De Maistre); Réflections sur la France (De Maistre); Freedom Wears a Crown (Farthing); Technology and Empire (Grant); Lament for a Nation (Grant); Political Theology (Schmitt); Vile Bodies (Waugh); Sesame and Lilies (Ruskin); Fors Clavigera (Ruskin); Studies in the History of the Renaissance (Pater); Sun and Steel (Mishima); On Hagakure (Mishima); Hagakure [Book of the Samurai] (Yamamoto); The Accursed Share (Bataille). |