Keywords
There are two main attitudes towards words. The first, older attitude is magical. Knowledge is power, and knowing the name of a force, entity or process gives you power over … Continue reading
Crime, Punishment and Compassion
A lone man walks down a dark and seedy LA street at three am, and pushes open the scarred and dingy door of a dilapidated rooming house. The night clerk … Continue reading
Reading the poems of Homer
Of course there’s nothing very original here, it’s all been said before, but I find the topic one of the utmost fascination, and have read the poems and associated literature … Continue reading
Gilgameshiad
When the people first came here to the land of the two rivers from the north they found little but desert, but the rivers were swift, and they traded their … Continue reading
The legacy of Atreus
WE ARE GOING to see a play, one of my favourites, and perhaps the greatest play ever written and performed. But we have to adjust our mind set, because this … Continue reading
The books of George Orwell
The first book by George Orwell I ever read was the first one he published, in 1933, Down and Out in Paris and London. An old tattered Penguin, it fell … Continue reading
Words and meanings
When I read a translation of a poem I often want to shorten it. The translator makes too much effort to recreate the equivalent of the original form of the … Continue reading
