The 1994 Disney cartoon The Lion King draws on Shakespearean tragedy, Japanese animation, biblical proportions, and the music of Elton John to craft a rich, … Read More ›
Category: Art
Order and optimism remained linked in the fifties, in the sixties they fell far apart. The world of youth, pop, of irreverence, of unprepared happenings, … Read More ›
Ever since I was a little girl, photographs have captured my imagination by freezing a single moment and place in time. I love how they … Read More ›
“Between 1347 and 1350, the Black Death killed at least one third of Europe’s inhabitants,” declares the back cover of Philip Ziegler’s work on the … Read More ›
Dante’s epic The Divine Comedy depicts an archetypical journey of a human being through the torments of hell and the cleansing pains of purgatory, into … Read More ›
“If books do have the power to bring people together, maybe this one will work its magic.” This sentiment is at the core of the … Read More ›
The plays of William Shakespeare have given our language turns of phrase we all know: “full circle,” (King Lear) “break the ice,” (Taming of the … Read More ›
Any interest I have in World War II was likely planted by my parents’ long-held fascination with the period. I’ve always thought of them as … Read More ›
“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect … Read More ›