Renaissance age master-of-all-trades Leonardo da Vinci at one point appeared intent on pursuing a career well outside of the arts, if a letter he wrote to Ludovico il Moro, the Duke of Milan in 1482, while seeking employment, is anything to go by:
I will make covered chariots, safe and unattackable, which, entering among the enemy [...]
Catapults are me, the resume of Leonardo da Vinci
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 1 February, 2010 to the design and art subset
The versatile umbrella, art one day, a weapon the next
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 6 April, 2009 to the design and art subset
A collection of photos of umbrella art installations, and then a selection of umbrellas for the civil but discontent man.
Roger Moore the elder statesman James Bond
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 27 October, 2008 to the comment subset
Roger Moore, in addition to being the oldest person so far to portray British secret agent James Bond, was in my humble opinion, the most dapper of the 007s.
And unlike other the actors who have played Bond, Moore took a somewhat lighthearted approach to the role:
To me, the Bond situations are so ridiculous, so [...]
