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One of Faig Ahmed<\/a>‘s melted Azerbaijani rugs.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 “I asked [William Burroughs] about the future of typography and he said that letterforms would go back to hieroglyphs, similar to the ancient Egyptians.” Jonathan Barnbrook<\/a> discussing the thinking behind his design for blackstar<\/em>, the new David Bowie album.<\/p>\n

\u2022 “…a thick, yellow fog fills the air, sinks, crawls on the very ground; at 30 paces a house or a steam-ship look like ink-stains on blotting paper.” PD Smith<\/a> review London Fog<\/em>, a history of the capital’s lethal pea-soupers by Christine Corton.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Rue Morgue: Dejan Ognjanovic<\/a> asks seven writers and editors why HP Lovecraft is still relevant. Related: big thanks to Paul Gallagher<\/a> for plugging my Lovecraft calendar<\/a> at Dangerous Minds.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Some end-of-year weirdness from Moon Wiring Club: Into The Chattering Ground<\/em><\/a>, a sample of the new releases available at the MWC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Elaine Lustig Cohen<\/a>: accidental graphic designer. Related: book covers and other designs<\/a> by Elaine Lustig Cohen.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The tomb that architect John Soane<\/a> built for his wife inspired the shape of Gilbert Scott’s red telephone box.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Mix of the week: Stephen O’Malley<\/a> at the controls of Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone on BBC Radio 6.<\/p>\n

\u2022 At Dirge Magazine: S. Elizabeth talks to Alice Rogers<\/a> about art and occultism.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Simon Callow<\/a> on taking 25 years to write a three-volume life of Orson Welles.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Todd Haynes<\/a> on Cate Blanchett, Saul Leiter and Queer Cinema.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Le Freak<\/a><\/em> (1978) by Chic | Freak<\/a><\/em> (2003) by LFO | Jovan Freak (Rune Lindbaek Nomaden Mix)<\/a><\/em> (2012) by Georges Vert<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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