Language & Culture
Extinct words in English that we need to bring back
These extinct words in English are ripe for a 21st century revival! —– Language is a living, breathing entity which evolves along with the societies
31. May 2024
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Language & Culture
Great Art Encounters – Tribute to Chopin by Jerzy Duda-Gracz
I found hidden art treasure in Katowice —– I started the Great Art Encounters series because I wanted to write about the background to certain
22. May 2024
Language & Culture
Great Art Encounters – Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi
The art of female fury —– I can’t be the only woman for whom looking at Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Holofernes” in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery
20. April 2024
Language & Culture
Great Art Encounters – Portrait of Trude Engel by Egon Schiele
Austrian art’s very own enfant terrible at the Lentos Kunstmuseum in Linz —– Imagine being the person who gave away six paintings by Egon Schiele
24. March 2024
Language & Culture
Great Art Encounters – The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
Up close and personal with a classic of the Italian renaissance —– It was only as our night train from Vienna drew towards Florence that
5. March 2024
Language & Culture
Great Art Encounters – The Slav Epic by Alphonse Mucha
A monumental work that helped to create a national consciousness —– Yesterday, a dream of mine came true. I finally got to see all 20
25. February 2024
Language & Culture
What’s the big deal? A millennial discovers Taylor Swift
Trying my best not to turn into a grumpy old fart —– This last week, I have been called upon to ponder two questions of
21. February 2024
Language & Culture
Poetry and the importance of memory
From a quirky new year’s resolution to revivifying an ancient art —– Back on New Year’s Eve 2022, I made a new year’s resolution: to
25. January 2024
Language & Culture
Feel-good films to lift you out of the doldrums
I consider it a matter of considerable unfairness that Christmas is in December. Why does the festive period have to come to an end at
11. January 2024
Language & Culture
I read 41 books in 2023…here are the best of the bunch
Twenty-twenty-three: an economic bust, but a reading boom —– Quite frankly, 2023 didn’t have the feel of a year when I’d manage to read more
25. December 2023