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Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Sunday, 20 April 2025

An Easter Miracle

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Happy Easter. For practising Christians, the biggest miracle of all was the Resurrection of Christ. Miracles and miraculous events have beco...
Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Homohoax: Pranking Penguins

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There can be no better day than today – April Fools day – to present another Homohoax, one of the many hoaxes, pranks, fakes, imposters, con...
Sunday, 17 December 2023

Advent 3: A Swedish Spirit Of Christmas

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Most people are aware that the familiar character of Santa Claus got a big boost in popularity after the publication of the poem “A Visit Fr...
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Tuesday, 23 May 2023

(Not Quite) 80 Gays Around the World: 3) Atlantis, Bigfoot and Awards

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Previously on "80 Gays" : A retelling of the myth of 3) Ganymede was written by 4) Felice Picano (b.1944), member of the Violet ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2023

(Not Quite) 80 Gays Around the World: 2) The Violet Quill

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Previously: The Roman Emperor 1) Hadrian (76-138) commemorated the death of his lover 2) Antinous (c.111-c.130) by creating a constellati...
Wednesday, 15 March 2023

Star-Gayzing: Cervantes is a Real Star

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In the past I’ve written a lot about minor planets (or asteroids, as they are also known) that are named after members of the lgbt+ communit...
Saturday, 16 April 2022

Extraordinary Life: The Japanese da Vinci - Part 2

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After a really horrible first quarter of the year in which I have been battling illness, I really must apologise and catch up on my planned ...
Tuesday, 26 October 2021

William and John: Part 5) Robin Hood

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  “Robin Hood and his Merry Men Entertaining Richard the Lionheart” by Daniel Maclise (1806-1870). This painting was always on display at No...
Friday, 26 March 2021

Pardon His Sexuality

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Last December I mentioned that I studied Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” at college. I still dip into it now and again, always re...
Sunday, 20 December 2020

Advent 4: Scrooge

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One of the constant elements of a 21st century Christmas is the classic ghost story “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Ever since it wa...
Sunday, 13 December 2020

Advent 3: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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One of the illustrations by Oscar Senonez from “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” in “A Visit from St. Nicholas and other Merry Tales”, 2019 ...
Sunday, 6 December 2020

Advent 2: Christmas Ghosts

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In October I wrote about Amelia Edwards’ role in the foundation of the science of Egyptology . Before she became an Egyptologist Amelia was ...