'Ulysses' and 'The Waste Land' turn 100 this year, and are a reminder of that modernists matter because they taught us the grammar of breaking the rules when a …
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‘Ulysses’ at 100: Why It Was Banned for Being Obscene
By the standards of the day, James Joyce's 'Ulysses' was extremely sexually explicit.
Age Is an Issue of the Mind
Does ageing mean a virtual withdrawal – or 'sanyas' – from the hurly burly of life? Not really. There are instances galore of writers and painters re-discovering the joys …
Without Song or Dance, What Are We?
We have pills to regulate blood pressure, blood sugar, even anxiety; but nothing to touch a patient's heart. That’s where music comes in.