How has the optics of cinema made a palimpsest of our literary heroes? Or has it, alternatively, given them a fresh lease of life?
Books
A Tribute to J.P. Clark, Nigeria’s Nature Poet
J.P Clark's work moved beyond agitating for justice in Nigeria's Niger Delta. He was in love with nature.
How Ernest Hemingway Really Responded to the Spanish Flu Pandemic
Hemingway’s response to death and disease was very different from the parody that circulated earlier this year.
Book Review | In Dialogue With Mary Beards’s ‘Women and Power’
Beard’s manifesto deals with women, public speech, power and the tools used by the patriarchy to silence women.
Reading ‘Harry Potter’ in a New Light During the Pandemic
Rereading the book now means finding new ways of identifying with the characters, especially in the seventh book, where Harry finds himself struggling with isolation.
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Toxic Masculinity
In Sherlock, domination is something to be revered, rather than challenged.
Christopher Hitchens: The Gadfly the World Needs Today
Sometimes brash, always brilliant, but never boring, Christopher Hitchens was an enigma our present has no parallel for.