Stuart Kelly writes about lost books for The Australian. He asks: Is becoming lost the worst that can happen to a book? Not necessarily. The lost book, like the person you never dared ask to the dance, becomes infinitely more alluring simply because it can be perfect only in the imagination.
Some lost books he mentions:
Homer, […]
Sarah Lewers of the Guymon Daily Herald writes that werewolf myths date back to ancient Greece.
Grecian myths hold the Arcadian king Lycaon served the god Zeus human flesh in an attempt to kill him. Zeus, the Greek’s most powerful god, recognized the trick and condemned Lycaon to live the rest of his life as a […]
Harold Pinter “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms” wins the Nobel Lit 2005.
Everyone is happily surprised and I’m all teary eyed and suddenly nostalgic. So I thought I’d post an old article of mine, an article about the time I spent Searching for Harold […]
Jonathan Thompson for the Independent refers to a new book that claims that “the real Helen was a powerful Bronze Age princess, living in the Greek city-state of Sparta around 1250BC” and not the “beautiful, dewy-eyed blonde princess from pre-Raphaelite paintings” we’ve come to know and love. The book is Helen of Troy: Goddess, […]
"Feasting with Archestratus," a feature story on what the ancient Greeks thought was good to eat, in Odyssey magazine (Nov/Dec 2007).
My poem "Seduction" published in Wetink, Issue 7, Winter 2007
"Alexander's Enduring Myth," a review of two books about the legendary king and conqueror, in Odyssey magazine (May/June 2007).
"Reconstructing the Past," my feature on archaeological restoration in Greece explores the debate about how far restorations should go in the name of making ancient monuments more comprehensible to the public, in Odyssey magazine (Nov/Dec 2006).
My short story "A Silly Little Thing" in the See You Next Tuesday anthology of 50 sex-texts.
"Particles of Truth," my interview with particle physicist Maria Spiropulu in Odyssey magazine (Sept/Oct 2006).
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