Backyard
Theo Van Rysselberghe’s <em>The Family In The Orchard</em> (1890)
See Theo Van Rysselberghe. The Family In The Orchard (1890). Collection State Museum Kroller-Muller,Otterlo, Netherlands read more
Nigel Slater's <em>Toast: The Story of a Boy's Hunget</em> (2004)
Slater’s picnic in the family backyard is a metaphor for his homosexuality and his conflicted relationship with his father, who wants him to be masculine. Tinned Ham” is humorous up to a point, but the picnic menu can make you gag. Slater describes a particularly awful confrontation during a picnic on the lawn and an […] read more