Published inCounter ArtsThe Poetry of Resistance: Homer, Dylan Thomas, And Seamus HeaneyRage of Achilles, Hector, The Sack of Troy, and The Light15h ago215h ago2
Published inSeroxcat’s SalonMinistry Of Defence Recruiting Sci-Fi Writers To Predict Potential Crises In BritainBarmy, brilliant, or dangerous?1d ago11d ago1
Published inCounter ArtsBrave New World? ‘Colonel Barham’s Brain’ (1965)Do disembodied sentient brains have any rights?2d ago62d ago6
Published inRainbow SaladThe Specter And The Rose“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;”3d ago13d ago1
Published inCounter Arts‘American Primeval’ (2025), ‘Shane’ (1953), ‘High Noon’ (1956) & ‘The Magnificent Seven’ (1960)The Law of the Gun, Manifest Destiny, The American Dream & the Homeric Hero4d ago64d ago6
Published inCounter Arts‘The Women of Troy’ (415 BCE) By EuripidesAndromache, Gaza, Odysseus, and Christopher Nolan’s new filmJan 144Jan 144
Published inSeroxcat’s SalonSimon Schama’s ‘Story of Us’ Part 1 — A ReviewBut what about ‘Them’?Jan 122Jan 122
Published inCounter Arts“Astonishing Things”: The Incredible Drawings of Victor HugoWriter, politician, and artist in exileJan 112Jan 112
Published inCounter Arts‘Nosferatu’ (2024) by Robert EggersMy disappointment was assuaged only by the astonishingly brilliant performance of Lily-Rose DeppJan 1018Jan 1018