The little white attic

Spoiler alert: Again, if you haven’t read the book, you probably shouldn’t read this blog post, in which I will discuss significant plot po...

Spoiler alert: If you haven’t read the book, you probably shouldn’t read this blog post, in which I will discuss significant plot points. W...

I am, in many ways, not an ideal reader of Dostoyevsky. Firstly, I’m non-religious, indifferent to religion, and ignorant of theology. Secon...

It’s probably unwise to write about the characters whilst still reading the book, but I’m going to jot down some thoughts anyway.  There are...

I’m about halfway through The Brothers Karamazov —or The Karamazov Brothers in this edition—in Ignat Avsey’s translation.  Perhaps the great...

The play is attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. It’s believed to be Shakespeare’s last play.  1/ The first scene af...

Pericles, Prince of Tyre is one of the late romances in the Shakespeare canon. However, unlike Cymbeline , The Winter’s Tale , and The Tempe...

Macbeth was the play that helped me rediscover Shakespeare in 2021, but I never blogged about the play itself, only about the four screen ve...

1/ Unlike Henry VIII , King John got my interest right away. It’s more dynamic, the characters have a stronger presence.  I note the parall...