Empire Talks
I have recently moved to London and blogging has taken a bit of a back seat to job hunting, finding new friends and routines, new weather and more. London is an amazing city, the seat of the British Empire. The city is layered with every era of art, architecture, literature, philosophy and political upheaval usually […]
Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Herodotus [Ἡρόδοτος] was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus in the modern-day Turkey in the fifth century BC (c. 484–c. 425 BC). As a contemporary with Socrates, Euripedes and Aeschylus, he lived during what is known as the Golden Age of Greece. He is often referred to as “The Father of History”, because he broke from Homeric tradition of mythologising events and treated his historical subjects […]
A Wrinkle In Time
Madeline L’Engle’s novel “A Wrinkle in Time” [1963] combines physics and metaphysics into an engaging science fiction fantasy novel for young adults. 13 year old Meg Murry is a bit out of sorts with her life, misunderstood by teachers and classmates and not as gifted as her athletic twin brothers Sandy and Dennys. Her father, […]