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Bite My Truant Pen

Ben Murray

A place for my creative work. Writing about culture, especially books and film. And a serialised book about reading Marcel Proust.

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Latest Issues

Zurbarán – a short film about an artist you need to know

Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose (1633) by Francisco de Zurbarán. Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena.

I just wanted to share this new mini-documentary about the Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, which I worked on recently for the...

15 days ago
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Zurbarán in nine paintings

Detail from Saint Francis in Meditation (1635-9) by Francisco de Zurbarán. The National Gallery, London.

Looking at his work today, it’s hard to imagine that Francisco de Zurbarán spent so many years in the wilderness. But it’s true. Commi...

19 days ago
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The Highland Laddie, Leeds

In every generation, two opposing impulses. One to preserve, the other to destroy. Eros and Thanatos. St Pancras and Euston. Either way, the question of what comes next remains – ‘utopian future’ or ‘fantasy past’. Here, they’ve leaned into...

a month ago
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The Laurieston, Glasgow

What seems lost in our understanding of community space these days can be found flourishing in many a Scottish watering hole. And this is one of the best. Unwittingly optimised for plurality, this place gathers people like a flame gathers m...

a month ago
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The Parakeet, London

I hesitate to offer up a pub purely for its food. But then I went here. The bar is passable, but it’s what’s behind the curtain that counts. A well-appointed dining room. And chefs who clearly care about what leaves the kitchen. As befittin...

a month ago
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    Writer and musician. Mainly culture, especially literature and film, but also creative fiction and non-fiction. Author of a book about Marcel Proust and the creator of Proust FM. Work in a large art gallery in London.

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