Modern Sapphics
The discoveries of new poems by Sappho in 2004 and 2014, particularly the near-completion of the Tithonus poem, excited both scholarly...
Vote, Vote, and Vote Again: Brexit Deadlock
The one time I take a week off from bringing you a window into the world of news and all hell breaks loose. Since I last wrote, March...
The Boss: Non-Conformity Through the Eyes of Eileen Gray
Non-Conformist, Eileen Gray, 1926 (Image: eileengray.co.uk) One of my least favourite questions, right after “what are your plans after...
Colouring the Past: Homer, Soane & Klein
Yves Klein, Blue Venus works on display at Blenheim Palace, 2018 (Photo: Vogue) Colour is a concerningly abstract and amorphous concept...
Sacking Sackler & May’s Civil War
BUMPER END-OF-TERM EDITION Illustration by Rhiannon Powell This week I begin with a story that has been bubbling away for some time now,...
Division, Derision, Diversions, & Delay
As promised, last week was a big one for Brexit. In my last column, I outlined what was planned, in this one I’ll recount what actually...
Cosmically Curated: March Art 'Scopes
March always goes in like a lion, but this year particularly so with a Mercury retrograde near the beginning of the month. That means...
A Clear Path Through the Brexit Fog?
I’m sorry everyone, but this week it really is unavoidable, I’m going to have to mention the B-word. The fog of Brexit is obscuring all...
Es Tu Cohen? – Trump Wounded but is it Fatal?
This week was a busy one for the Fat Controller of the United States, Donald Trump. He was off to Hanoi in Vietnam for the long-awaited...
Masculinity in Ancient Greece
The spectacle of the ancient Greek male body is as enduring and relevant now as it was in 500 BC. The ideal image of man, largely sourced...