
Modern Sapphics
The discoveries of new poems by Sappho in 2004 and 2014, particularly the near-completion of the Tithonus poem, excited both scholarly...

Christopher Marlowe’s ‘Edward II’ and Tom Stuart’s ‘After Edward’ at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Th
Tom Stuart and Beru Tessema in ‘Edward II’ at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse (Photo: Marc Brenner) I would not usually be compelled to write...


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...


'Mary Queen of Scots': Women in Tudor Britain
As I am currently on the Constructing Empires Constellation Course, I was particularly excited to see two historical movies, Mary Queen...

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...

Sticker Shtick
All of my visits to Tate Modern have been a hit or miss. There’s a very inorganic feel to it as an institution. Maybe it’s the multitude...


'Into the Mind of the Coloniser': In Conversation with Adelaide Damoah
On Thursday 28 March, British-Ghanaian artist Adelaide Damoah will present ‘Into the Mind of the Coloniser’, in the Virginia Woolf Room...


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...